Hi Robbie!   He-he -- Belgium big????   It fits about 18 times into
France. :-)  Ekeren is in the Flemish speaking part of Belgium.  It is
a part of Antwerp, a big harbor city in Europe.

About the quality of the European piano's -- I don't sell new pianos,
I only tune them.  As far as I can see, there are the fine quality
pianos and grands, and then you got "the others", mostly from Eastern
Europe.  I'm sorry, but the least I can say is that they are "differ-
ent".  Not regulated, less quality materials.  It's a pity to see that
people spend their money on these instruments.

About the parts, I really don't know who builds what.  I buy my parts
from a dealer, like you guys buy from APSCO or Shaff.

About the Hupfeld, I already tuned one but it had an empty cabinet.
They threw away the player mechanism.

Very interesting that you gave the ftp server URL.  I know how to use
it and I will, if there is some time left.  I already had some response
about me being here at MMD.  :)

A last question: Do you have some Dutch-speaking webmasters over there?
The ".geentroep" is a Dutch additive.  "Geen troep" means "no junk."
I was just wondering. :)

Best regards,

Wim Vermeyen,  Wim's Piano Service
Ekeren, Belgium
<wim.debby@village.uunet.be>

P.S. You may put this on the MMD if you think folks are interested
in this. :)

 [ Sure, we're interested!  It seems that you have the same opinions
 [ as the piano techs here in the States.  It's a small world, isn't
 [ it!  At first, Jody added ".nospam" to the address of our authors,
 [ but then he learned that someone created a domain named "@.nospam"
 [ which harvests the names.  The appendage ".geentroep" was suggested
 [ by Hans van Oost of KDV.  I wondered what it means... (And if you
 [ know Hans, you know that he is a joker!)   -- Robbie