Tim Apologies accepted. But now you've made me mad. How can you go off hiking in the Black Hills, and just leave me here in the wasteland of the South Pacific. <IMG height=19 alt=;-) src="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/resources/core/images/wink.gif" width=19> <div style="CLEAR: both">Wim -----Original Message----- From: tcoates1@sio.midco.net To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 2:25 pm Subject: Re: [CAUT] Young Chang - Weber with Wapin in Anaheim </div> <div id=AOLMsgPart_0_12397ca6-6904-4452-9866-62f3bfc2546c style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff">Wim,    I have been hiking in the Black Hills of South Dakota all day and have thought about what I said to you. I was too much over the top with my comments and I apologize.    I needed to just clear up a misconception about the size of the pianos. They were both 185s. My understanding is these are not small pianos.    You are correct that I should not have used sarcasm nor made the comments I did in my second post. I apologize for what I said in both posts.    Regards,    Tim Coates    Quoting Willem Blees <<A href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com">wimblees@aol.com</A>>:    > Tim  >  > I didn't say I didn't like the piano. I just said?I couldn't tell > the difference, mostly because of the noise in the hall. That's > something that can't be helped. You should know I am a strong > proponent of the Wappin system. If I had a chance to listen to the > piano in a quiet environment, I'm sure it would have made a > difference.?  >  > Wim  >  >  > -----Original Message-----  > From: <A href="mailto:tcoates1@sio.midco.net">tcoates1@sio.midco.net</A>  > To: College and University Technicians <<A href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A>>  > Sent: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 3:19 am  > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Young Chang - Weber with Wapin in Anaheim  >  >  > Wim,?  > ?  > You are right Michael asked for an honest opinion. I don't think you > gave one. I don't care if you liked the pianos or not. There are > plenty of people who do.?  > ?  > Tim Coates?  > ?  > Quoting Willem Blees <<A href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com">wimblees@aol.com</A>>:?  > ?  >> Tam?  >> ?  >> I don't appreciate the sarcasm. Michael wanted opinions. I gave you >> > mine.?I'm sorry if my opinion?didn't please you.?If you don't > >> want?honest answers, don't ask the questions.?  >> ?  >> ?  >> Wim?  >> ?  >> -----Original Message-----?  >> From: <A href="mailto:tcoates1@sio.midco.net">tcoates1@sio.midco.net</A>?  >> To: College and University Technicians <<A href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A>>?  >> Sent: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 5:35 pm?  >> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Young Chang - Weber with Wapin in Anaheim?  >> ?  >> ?  >> ?  >> Wit,??  >> ??  >> You make some good points. You should suggest the PTG not have > >> manufacturers bring pianos to the exhibit hall as there is too much >> > noise to compare anything.??  >> ??  >> I will have to recheck the size of those pianos as I think they >> were > both 185s. I didn't realize that size is only for the home. >> I will > have to inform 5 churches that bought new Young Chang 175 >> and 185 > pianos with the Wapin Bridge installed they made a >> mistake. They > have no right to be pleased.??  >> ??  >> Thank you for such great insight!??  >> ??  >> Tim Coates??  >> ??  >> ??  >> Quoting Willem Blees <<A href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com">wimblees@aol.com</A>>:??  >> ??  >>> Michael??  >>> ??  >>> My honest opinion is that I could not tell a difference between >>> the >> > Weber and the Young Chang grand in the booth. Maybe it's >>> because >> > there was too much noise in the hall. My other >>> thought was, why >> put > the Wappin on?a small grand like that? >>> This is an instrument >> bought > by the average Joe for in home >>> use. So will they really be >> able to > tell the difference in >>> sound???  >>> The question is, will the?added expense of the Wappin bridge be > >>> >> worth it as a selling point???  >>> ??  >>> ??  >>> Wim??  >>> ??  >>> -----Original Message-----??  >>> From: Michael Wathen <<A href="mailto:michael.wathen@wapin.com">michael.wathen@wapin.com</A>>??  >>> To: College and University Technicians <<A href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A>>??  >>> Sent: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 9:39 am??  >>> Subject: [CAUT] Young Chang - Weber with Wapin in Anaheim??  >>> ??  >>> ??  >>> ??  >>> ??  >>> I was not able to attend the convention in Anaheim.? I was >> >>> wondering > what people's reactions were to the Young Chang Weber >>> >> with Wapin > that the Young Chang was displaying in their >>> exhibit.??  >>> ??  >>> ??  >> ??  >> ??  >> ?  >> ?  > ?  > ?  >  >      </div> <div id='u8CAA60A759579C8-1550-2F3E' class='aol_ad_footer'><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"><A title="http://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=aolcmp00050000000011" href="http://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=aolcmp00050000000011" target="_blank">Get the Moviefone Toolbar</A>. Showtimes, theaters, movie news, & more! </div>