---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Greg, The Seilers that I played on at the last winter NAMM were just....=20 sweet. Long back scale, great sustain, transparent actions,=20 mellow-but-able-to-crash..... and on and on and on... Then there's always a Baldwin SF-10, with, uh.... different hammers. Web=20 and Ruth still has some old Baldwin hammers.... or perhaps premium Abels=20 (well needled). Wouldn't we all just love to have your client. "Money's no object".... whew! Guy At 04:30 PM 9/9/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Greetings list goers, > I am in a position of trying to gather information for a church=20 > who has a sky high budget to find a piano their music director likes. I=20 > believe they are interested in a 7 footer. He, the director, has tried=20 > and likes the Grotrian and the Pleyel. He has tried more than a few S&S=20 > B's and was "under whelmed (his words)" by them. He disliked the=20 > "accelerated action" specifically. He has seen the Petrof and was=20 > somewhat interested but not for the main instrument so he may be looking= =20 > at a 7' and possibly a 6' instrument as well. He rather dislikes the=20 > bright, harsh sound and favors a full bodied tone quality. A man after my= =20 > own heart! In the case of a rather large budget with these tastes in=20 > mind, where would you steer this individual? I even suggested a hand=20 > built piano like one from Ron Overs or Stephen P. (I forget his last=20 > name) but it seems that he is trying to have something in place by=20 > January as the donators of the money are getting antsy. Suggestions= PLEASE! > >Greg >Greg Newell >Greg's piano Fort=E9 >mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net >--- > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 9/1/2003 >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/fb/06/10/e5/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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