<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> David Ilvedson [mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 30, 2002 7:47 PM<BR><B>To:</B> caut@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: <BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Raymond,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does your last name cause any concern with your customers?...;-]</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David I.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:rbreakal@richmond.edu" title=rbreakal@richmond.edu>Breakall, Raymond</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:'caut@ptg.org'" title=caut@ptg.org>'caut@ptg.org'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 30, 2002 9:12 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> [mailto:Wimblees@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:06 AM<BR><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: <BR><BR></DIV></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>In a message dated 4/30/02 9:55:56 AM Central Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:rbreakal@richmond.edu">rbreakal@richmond.edu</A> writes: <BR><BR><BR></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear list, <BR><BR>Does anyone have personal experience with the Wapin bridge? Also, how about <BR>the Fazioli "Magnetic Balanced Action"? I have S & S D that I may want to <BR>make improvements on. <BR><BR>Ray Breakall <BR>Piano Technician <BR>University of Richmond <BR>Richmond, VA <BR>(804)287-6342 <BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR><BR><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>At last year's Central West Regional Seminar, Tim Coates put the Wapin bridge on in the "killer' octave, (the next to last section on the top), on my 7 Baldwin grand, which I had just got done rebuilding. The seminar also included Wally Brooks doing his voicing class on the same piano, on which I had put the Abel hammers. <BR><BR>Wally's voicing improved the tone of the piano significantly. But after Tim got done with the installation, the difference in the tone in that section was astounding. Baldwins are known for their dead upper section. But this piano sings like a bird up there. The participant in the class were very impressed, as was I. <BR><BR>I would highly recommend you have this procedure done. <BR><BR>Wim <BR>U of Alabama<BR><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=520221516-30042002>[Breakall, Raymond] </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=520221516-30042002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=520221516-30042002>Wim,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=520221516-30042002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=520221516-30042002>Thanks for the response. I think I would like to try it.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=520221516-30042002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=520221516-30042002>Ray </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial> <BR><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=640561818-01052002>[Breakall, Raymond] </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=640561818-01052002></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=640561818-01052002> David,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=640561818-01052002></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=640561818-01052002>Sure it does. I just make a joke something like I never live up to my name.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=640561818-01052002></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=640561818-01052002>Ray</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>