<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType = name="PostalCode" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I read the below, and accounts = like it, one question -- well, there are many, but this is the fundamental one -- = what percentage, very roughly, is based on strict mathematical/engineering calculation, and how much on intuition?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any thoughts you'd care to shed on = that, Ron (or others)?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>JO</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dporritt@mail.smu.edu = href="mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu">Porritt, David</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 23, 2005 = 8:58 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] Nossaman = D</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">We just got a piano back from Ron = Nossaman’s shop last Friday.  It used to be a Steinway D.  It is now a Nossaman = D.  What a wonderful sounding instrument!  Gone are the irritating = wound trichords, all the false beats and the killer octave.  Now it has = a tenor bridge with 5 wound bichords, a new bass bridge disconnected from the = treble bridge, a large bass cut-off bar, a treble fish, 22 ribs, and many = other enhancements.  I hope Ron will jump in here and give whatever = technical details he wants to give.  He even has some pictures of various = parts of the redesign I hope he’ll post.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The new back action now has capstans under = each underlever and the keys have an additional maple plate on the top of = the key to help reduce key flex.  I am elated with the whole thing.  = There are new ideas in piano construction even though not from our piano factories.  The Steinway D has been redesigned 4 times since its = first introduction in 1859 as the Style 4.  The last changes Steinway = made were in 1915 so surely that’s modern enough!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">This is the way a piano should sound IMHO!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">dave<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">__________________________<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">David M. Porritt, = RPT</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName = w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Meadows</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceName><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> of the Arts</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Southern <st1:place = w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Methodist</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType = w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:= p></P> <P class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City = w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Dallas</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">, <st1:State w:st="on">TX</st1:State> = <st1:PostalCode = w:st="on">75275</st1:PostalCode></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><o:p></o:p></= P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu"><FONT = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: = 10pt">dporritt@smu.edu</SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: = 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML= >