Hi Jeff, Please don't be obtuse. Amplification implies an increase in energy level. That doesn't happen in a piano. Not ever. Stop beating a dead horse. Can you perhaps make a recording of the sound you are talking about that you believe is a result of the vertical hitch pins in Baldwin pianos? Is there any thing you have been able to do to limit or lower this sound? At 04:15 PM 5/8/2009 -0400, you wrote: >I apologize for using the word "amplify" incorrectly, as those of you >understand it. Here's how I and the rest of the world previously understood >the meaning of "amplify": > >Amplify: 1. To make larger or more powerful; increase. 2. To add to, as by >illustration and make complete. 3. Exaggerate. 4. Electronics. to produce >amplification of. verb: to write or discourse at length; expatiate. > >Source: American Heritage Dictionary, 2nd College Edition. > >So, who has the correct definition? Physicists or the rest of the world? > >Is it soccer or football? > >Semantics. >Jeff Tanner >> David Love wrote: >>> Sorry to disagree but I think in this case it is a semantic issue and the >>> original question has been lost on this tangent. >> >> I disagree. It's not a semantic issue. The terms are clearly defined, >> regardless of colloquial usage. It's the continued use and tolerance of >> fuzzy ill defined concepts that make these discussions nearly useless, and >> doomed to repeat endlessly. >> >> Ron N >> >> > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.22/2105 - Release Date: 05/08/09 11:43:00 > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716
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