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Mason and Hamlin Pianos
By Cecil Ramirez, forwarded by Dan Wilson

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From: cramirez@midtown.net (Cecil Ramirez)
Subject: Re: Mason and Hamlin company
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 04:14:49 GMT

Hello, Readers of RMMP:

On 18 Jan 1997 17:45:42 GMT, instdiv@aol.com (Instdiv) wrote:

> Mason & Hamlin is now owned by PianoDisc. They are building pianos
> by hand in factory in San Francisco I think.

The Mason & Hamlin Piano Company is indeed owned by MSR PianoDisc. The pianos are not being built in San Francisco; rather, they are being built in the same factory in Haverhill, MA as they were before Kirk and Gary Burgett acquired the company.

> They are not cheapening the name or the production methods.

The production methods used in the building of Mason & Hamlin pianos have not changed. We have gone back to the original scale design that was used before the Aeolian era, and the materials used in the pianos have not changed. We are still installing Renner actions, Renner blue hammers, and the tension resonator in all of our pianos. The pianos have polyester finishes, satin and polished, and the finishes are done in Haverhill, MA in the Mason & Hamlin factory.

We showed five new Mason & Hamlin pianos at the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) show in Anaheim, California, this past weekend. The pianos received favorable reviews from representatives of other piano manufacturers, piano technicians, teachers, and professional pianists, as well as current and previous Mason & Hamlin dealers.

By the Way, we thank all RMMP readers who came by our booth and played the new Mason & Hamlin pianos.

Cecil Ramirez
product consultant
Mason & Hamlin

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If they're making player pianos, I'm a Greek transvestite !

Dan Wilson

[ If a PianoDisc is installed, Dan, then it's a player piano !
[ (Do you appear with or without arms? ;-) -- Robbie

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