Concerning soundboard compression ridges (resend)

Jon Page jpage@capecod.net
Sun, 14 Dec 1997 20:38:43 -0500


Ralph,

Please show me where I singled out a man'f'r in my post:

Thanks,

Teflon Jon,

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 13:05:28 -0500
To: pianotech@ptg.org
From: Jon Page <jpage@capecod.net>

The government is not the only entity
which employs spin doctors for PR.

Jon Page
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At 09:44 AM 12/14/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Keith McGavern wrote:
>> >...I had no idea compression ridges had now become a "feature."
>> >Interesting spin. Kind of like calling broken legs a feature of skiing.
>> >-- ddf
>> That is hardly a congruous comparison, Del.  More like a cheap shot.  :-)
>> Keith A. McGavern
>  Perhaps. But to refer to something like a soundboard compression ridge
> -- something that can be proven to be structural damage in the wood panel -
> -- as if it were a feature does stretch the limits of credibility just a
bit.
>-- ddf
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At 07:05 PM 12/14/97 -0500, you wrote:
>List
>I, personally have read nothing in these recent posts that suggest that
>anyone was attempting to "defame" a "fine piano company"
>
>What I have read, if I understood, were two gentlemen indulging in what
>I'd consider to be sarcastic humor which I can fully empathize with.
>
>Either, in this case S&S is mistaken or Jon and Del are mistaken. Since
>they both apparantly disagree with Steinways explanation regarding the SB
>ridges. If Steinway  is proven wrong then they will, in effect, have
>defamed themselves. If Jon and Del (and now, myself) are proven wrong we
>will cheerfully apologize.......wil S&S???\
>
>Ralph Martin



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