In response to........ "One of many bright moments from Rochester was sitting in on that late night tweeking of your Steinway with you and Dale." Sorry I missed this late night tweeking in Rochester. I was fortunate enough to meet the guy who put the ivories on a particular piano in the rebuild exhibit late at night, (that is when I meet him, not when he put them on...) Anyhow hotel security hadn't locked the place so there I was plinking around on any piano I pleased so I plinked on them all. Two guys came down the elevator and were remarking about the ivory on one of the rebuilds. 'Ivory?' I said to my self..... I hadn't noticed. "If this is ivory I have to look real close". So I looked closer and sure enough it was two piece ivory. "This is new ivory? Well it is the best I have ever seen new or old!.... who did this?" I then got introduced to the technician who did it! Talk about circumstance, serendipity or synchronicity but that is what you can expect at a piano tuner's convention especially when you wander around late at night. I was impressed with all the pianos, each had its special merits and you could meet with the rebuilders and see what they are up to today. Ron Over's while not a rebuild I was glad to see there. The rebuilds today tend to feature a lot of redesign which is very interesting from the technical point of view especially to see and hear how they actually turn out. I know what I like to hear, and let me say I liked every thing I heard in the Rebuilder's Hall in Rochester. While not the pianist I should be if I want to be a concert technician, I think in the near future we will hear from performing pianists very favorable comments on the Over's action. The advantage of a curved balance lever(as in Ron's action)is beyond me. Hopefully we will find out after he sells a thousand or more so we can hear feed back from technicians and players around the world who come in contact with them. Richard Moody www.pnotec.com Ps Ron doesn't pay me to say this but if I say this and it results in the sale of 1,000 pianos I will send him a bill. ---rm -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of TOM DRISCOLL Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:34 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Overs Design Commission Subject: Re: Overs Design Commission > Please, please tell me what the congrats are about----I'm clueless! > > David Andersen David, You my friend are anything but clueless ! One of many bright moments from Rochester was sitting in on that late night tweeking of your Steinway with you and Dale. For your work and aspirations you have my utmost admiration. I would like to thank Del ,the Ron's ,Dale, Jude and so many others for the jump start this guy needed. I even took a liking to that Bondi fella ! Tom Driscoll.
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