Wapin bridge

[Carl Meyer]

David:  Sounds like negative advertising to me.  I've always found that to
be counterproductive.

I hope you can tell us if this was a two pin or three pin job.  I haven't
heard the pros and cons of that.

I've thought long and hard about Wapin.  There are a couple of theories in
an obscure part of my brain as to why it works or doesn't work as the case
might be.  If I get this formalized and proved and wrote it up and
copyrighted it, do you think I could get a royalty from Wapin to use it in
some positive advertising?  I'd be happy with about $35 (only about 10
percent of their license fee) per sale.  (G)

Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
Santa Clara, California
cmpiano@attbi.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "David M. Porritt" <dm.porritt@verizon.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: Wapin bridge


> Phillip:
>
> In this case the bridge was not recapped.  Frankly - I'm restricted
> by the license agreement - from saying much more about the procedure.
>
>
> dave
>
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>
> On 1/28/2002 at 5:17 PM Phillip L Ford wrote:
>
> >Dave,
> >I'm not familiar with the mechanics of a Wapin installation.  Is the
> bridge
> >recapped and/or bearing (re)set?
> >
> >Phil F
> >---
> >Phillip Ford
> >Piano Service & Restoration
> >1777 Yosemite Ave - 215
> >San Francisco, CA  94124
> >
> >
> >On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 11:23:56
> > David M. Porritt wrote:
> >>Don:
> >>
> >>During the two days that it took to perform the Wapin installation
> >>the weather was quite consistent.  It is also in a very well
> climate
> >>controlled home.  There was a significant difference in the sound
> >>between Friday morning (before the work was done) and Saturday
> >>afternoon upon completion of the modification.
> >>
> >>dave
> >>
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> >>
> >>On 1/25/2002 at 10:39 AM Don wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi David,
> >>>
> >>>I would be interested to know if the humidity levels were
> identical
> >>between
> >>>the two tunings. It's really unfortunate that there is not a
> >>"before" and
> >>>"after" recording where the only change is the wapin modification.
> >>>
> >>>At 10:23 AM 1/25/02 -0600, you wrote:
> >>>>Carl:
> >>>>
> >>>>The piano had previously been rebuilt very well.  It was a very
> >>nice
> >>>>instrument with new Renner parts, strings, etc.  A couple of
> years
> >>>>ago the bridge was modified ala Wapin.
> >>>
> >>>Regards,
> >>>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
> >>>
> >>>mailto:drpt@sk.sympatico.ca
> >>>http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/
> >>>
> >>>3004 Grant Rd.
> >>>REGINA, SK
> >>>S4S 5G7
> >>>306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
> >>
> >>
> >>_____________________________
> >>David M. Porritt
> >>dporritt@mail.smu.edu
> >>Meadows School of the Arts
> >>Southern Methodist University
> >>Dallas, TX 75275
> >>_____________________________
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
> _____________________________
> David M. Porritt
> dporritt@mail.smu.edu
> Meadows School of the Arts
> Southern Methodist University
> Dallas, TX 75275
> _____________________________
>
>
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