This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Dearest Robin, In this day and age of spell checkers I am surprised that any one would = send a post that was not at least correct in the spelling of the English = word. To make the same mistake 3 times is also quite clever. To not = check on what you have written before posting is a bit odd.=20 And its time for a bit of brevity in this topic.=20 And yes I am kidding, aren't you ? Merry Xmas Tony Caught ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Robin Hufford=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 3:30 AM Subject: Re: Sound waves(The behavior of soundboards) Dear, Dear, Tony Caught,=20 Now isn't this a rather trivial, unkind, and petty criticism, = unworthy of the spirit of this list? I fail to see how it could = possibly, usefully contribute to the discussion of the points at issue. = As Dale has pointed out in his post, the fact that he was tired, then = surely, it takes no great effort of intellect to suppose the same could = be the true of John Delacour, and that that, or momentary distraction, = or numerous other things, could account for the spelling of none which = apparently you find of sufficient import and relevance to the questions = about soundboard behavior to bring you to the point of taking pen in = hand, belaboring yourself, and posting a reply. You've got to be = kidding. =20 Tony Caught wrote:=20 Dear, Dear, John Delacour, Why is Noone stopping Dale from ignoring = the thread and why is noone making those preposterous claims (as = highlighted below in your text) Merry Xmas Dale. Tony Caught ----- = Original Message -----From: "John Delacour" <JD@Pianomaker.co.uk>To: = <pianotech@ptg.org>Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 7:09 PMSubject: Re: = Sound waves(The behavior of soundboards) > At 9:49 PM -0500 12/22/01, = Erwinspiano@AOL.COM wrote:=20 >=20 > > Participants in this discussion=20 > > I must say I have found this thread more than a little=20 > >tedious. Has any of you ever occasioned upon a bass bridge = impinged=20 > >severely on one end or the other against the plate. If you have = then=20 > >this should settle some of this debate. The tone suffers = seriously=20 > >without bridge movement. End of discussion!!!!!!!=20 > > Dale Erwin--- Sorry real tired=20 >=20 > I'm afraid you might have to get tireder, Dale. Noone is stopping = > you from ignoring the thread, just as we're all free to ignore = other=20 > tedious threads.=20 >=20 > Your argument settles nothing because noone is claiming that a=20 > restriction of bridge movement and consequently of soundboard=20 > movement will leave the tone unimpaired and noone has denied that = the > bridge must move in order for the soundboard to do its job = properly.=20 > What is at issue is whether the strings move the soundboard by=20 > displament of the bridge, and the answer to this question is=20 > fundamental to an understanding of the acoustics of the piano.=20 >=20 > JD=20 > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/0d/b2/7f/a9/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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