<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3086" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=656405116-12062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I think this has been a great discussion.  There have been many aspects effecting the pitch change of strings that I had never considered and are very relevant to my work.  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656405116-12062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656405116-12062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Now those last few jabs concerning the competing formulas may not have been necessary.  I didn't sit down and try to understand either formula so I'll never know who was at fault.  The fact that there are formulas out there designed to clarify these things is all I need to know right now.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656405116-12062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656405116-12062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I say go ahead and hash it out.  But change the subject line so I can hit the delete button if things get too obstinate.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656405116-12062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656405116-12062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Mitch Staples</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Ed Sutton<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 11, 2007 4:27 PM<BR><B>To:</B> College and University Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] pre-stretching new string?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Friends-</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Perhaps there is a need for a different mailing list dedicated to intense discussion of complex and unanswerable questions of piano technology.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I'm alone in this opinion I'll bow out smiling.  Or should we ask PTG to create a "high intensity" technology list?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Sutton</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>