OK, Dave. I'll take your word for it! :-) I'd just never heard it before. Sorry. Avery On 8/30/07, David M. Porritt <dporritt at smu.edu> wrote: > > OK Avery, it is a word but it is the name for the sound we make to make > certain sounds by narrowing a passage in the vocal tract. The letter "F" > requires a mono-labial voiceless fricative while the letter "V" is the same > only voiced. > > > > J > > > > ____________________ > > David M. Porritt, RPT > > dporritt at smu.edu > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On > Behalf Of *Avery Todd > *Sent:* Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:00 PM > *To:* Pianotech List > *Subject:* Re: What are benefits of new shanks on upright hammer > replacement ? > > > > fricative? > > > > Sorry, I couldn't resisit! > > > > Avery Todd > > > > On 8/30/07, *gordon stelter* <lclgcnp at yahoo.com> wrote: > > I've decided to replace them, for all of the reasons > cited, plus adjustablity during installation, etc.. > But I'll rebuilding the butts with Ecsaine. According > to Bob at Pianotek, it is less fricative than > buckskin, but he hasn't quite convinced Tokiwa to use > Ecsaine on the upright butts yet ( like they do on the > grand knuckles ). As I'm dunking the butts in > SuperClean, and rinsing, they'll be good and wet, and > the shanks will just pull out. Then I'll dry them on > nylon hardware cloth from the garden section at > Lowe's, with 1/2 inch mesh, stretched over a frame, > and then refelt, etc.. > > Thanks! > G > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070830/603ff654/attachment.html
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