<!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 6.00.2713.1100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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="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=rbreakal@richmond.edu = href="mailto:rbreakal@richmond.edu">Breakall, Raymond</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:'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 class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><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="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff = 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" 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> </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>