<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 = HTML//EN"><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"><!DOCTYPE HTML = PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Kestens. The devil plays but I want = with a better performance. If you may help me I thanks.Rogerio = Cunha</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Mensagem = original-----</B><BR><B>De: </B>Peter KESTENS <<A = href="mailto:KESTENS.P@Debcom.be">KESTENS.P@Debcom.be</A>><BR><B>Par= a: </B><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> = <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>Data: </B>Sexta-feira, 13 de Março de 1998 18:10<BR><B>Assunto: = </B>Re: Cristofori<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>Rogerio, = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>I think you've had = your wet dream; yes, lucky guy, I hope for you you can make that old devil = playing and sounding again.  Much succes with all the work you'll encounter.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial = size=2>Peter</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>'t MUZIEKINSTRUMENTENATELIER<BR>PETER KESTENS<BR>BELGIUM<BR><A = href="mailto:KESTENS.P@DEBCOM.BE">KESTENS.P@DEBCOM.BE</A></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----</B><BR><B>Van: </B>Rogerio Cunha <<A = href="mailto:rogeriocunha@openlink.com.br">rogeriocunha@openlink.com.br= </A>><BR><B>Aan: </B>Pianotech Mensagem <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>Datum: = </B>donderdag 12 maart 1998 15:53<BR><B>Onderwerp: </B>Cristofori<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hello Ane and Robert. Now = the history of the Pianoforte. I found it some years ago in a old house without = strings, with the action in parts and out of the piano. I was = surprised and this was the first time that I was in front of a wonderful = piece but in a very bad condition.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The first thing that  I = did was to send a Fax to PTG and ask for someone that could give me more information about it and the only thing that I could read on it = was the year, the name of GAMBIAZO, who makes it, and some numbers on = the bridge 6/0, 5/0, etc.etc</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The PTG send me a fax with = the phone number of Ray Chandler (RTP). I talk with him and he said me = that was important speak with JONH KOSTER , Conservator & Associate = Professor of Museum Science of South Dakota University. To him  I = send a video, photos, a map with the speaking length of the strings. = >From him I received a letter and on it he said that was a very important = piece and that because the string of each end was double and that seems be = originally a harpsichord and that the Shrine To Music = Museum  have one piece just like the mine made by Antunes but that the action = of the mine isn't a Cristofori and that is a action of the mine is more = primitive than the piano actions made by other Portuguese makers = in the 1760s. After I was visited by Mr..Gerard Doderer, a German that = lives in Portugal, and Mr.. Von Der Meer another German that was over the = pianoforte about one week and that said me that is was a = harpsichord converted in a pianoforte and they included this pianoforte on = the book about early Portuguese harpsichords and pianos. This book says = that the instrument that I have is a authentic one!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>After this I think that the = goal of my life as a piano tuner and technician is to construct a = Cristofori action to it. Would be possible? I think that yes because in piano we = may do everything.Rogerio Cunha - IC Member of the PTG - Rio - Brasil</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>