Hiding behind the white butcher paper our 1924 Mason Hamlin is coming alive. We have all spent hours and hours on this creature and I think we are all falling in love. Dan, who is playing, said this is what he is waiting for to come into his life. He plays well, hopefully someday he will have one. We work mostly on Steinways, but I think we all have a secret love for the Masons. There is something about their sound, that is different, deeper and richer.
Douglas has spent the better part of the week voicing this piano, thinking it was almost ready but not totally satisfided. I suggested Dan play it, and he stand back and listen. He was surprisingly pleased. It is ready to have the lid installed before final adjustments. But there is great joy for all of us when we get to this point in a project. Somehow, it all makes sense. And just standing back and listening somehow soothes the soul, lowers the blood pressure, and makes us all happy.
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