<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’m happy to step away since this doesn’t seem to be going anywhere anyway.  The issue of why certain sections of pianos go out of tune more than others I would think has some relevance for those designing scales, rescaling or otherwise trying to understand how and why their pianos will react to seasonal changes the way they do—perhaps not.  </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p> <div> <p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt; color:navy'>David Love<br> davidlovepianos@comcast.net<br> www.davidlovepianos.com</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext'>-----Original Message-----<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Dorothy Bell<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 11, 2007 3:35 PM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Ed Sutton <ed440@mindspring.com>,</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext'>College and University Technicians</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext'><br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [CAUT] pre-stretching new string?</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Thank you, Ed. For me, in this discussion, emotions are too high, data too little and gathered in non-standardized manners so therefore not comparable, and applicability of the information to my work is too low. </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>I would have to say that the discussion is academic in at least two senses: reminds me of old days in graduate school, and is of limited practicality.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>But if others find CAUT benefit from it, let the games go on. Me, I'm using the "delete" button a lot, which is not usual with the CAUT postings.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Just an opinion.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Dorrie Bell</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Boston, MA</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'> </span></font></p> </div> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'> </span></font></p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>----- Original Message ----- </span></font></p> </div> <div style='font-color:black'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com" title="ed440@mindspring.com">Ed Sutton</a> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To: </span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:caut@ptg.org" title="caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</a></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 6/11/2007 4:28:57 PM </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Re: [CAUT] pre-stretching new string?</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear Friends-</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Perhaps there is a need for a different mailing list dedicated to intense discussion of complex and unanswerable questions of piano technology.  </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Or perhaps I'm just becoming a nasty old snoot, but I did prefer it when CAUT was more terse and to the point, and dealt with problems related to college and university work.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If I'm alone in this opinion I'll bow out smiling.  Or should we ask PTG to create a "high intensity" technology list?</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ed Sutton</span></font></p> </div> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>