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<DIV><SPAN class=034152703-05092005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Nope,
but recall reading it..............</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=034152703-05092005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Does
anyone have a scaling for a Baldwin Hamilton. I have sort of =
inherited one
which will need restringing or pinning, dampers, etc. Have already done =
hammers,
and have to voice them up- which I've never done. I'd sure like to =
go
without measuring all the strings........</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=034152703-05092005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=034152703-05092005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>les
bartlett</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<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>vince =
mrykalo<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Sunday, September 04, 2005 10:23 PM<BR><B>To:</B> College and =
University
Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] a new tuning =
pin<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>"One thing about pianos has hardly changed at all in the 268 =
years since
the 1720 Cristofori was built: the tuning pins! They are still small =
metal
cylinders that are driven into holes bored in a slab of wood. As all =
piano
technicians know, tuning pins can have various problems that interfere =
with
accurate tuning of the instrument. I am very pleased to announce - and =
this is
the first public announcement - that I have devised a new type of =
tuning pin
that seems to eliminate problems encountered with conventional tuning =
pins. My
tests indicate that the new pin will make tuning easier, faster, and =
more
accurate. Because of patent considerations, I cannot yet describe it =
to you
but before long I hope to be able to convince piano manufacturers to =
use it! "
- </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Harold Conklin, </STRONG><EM>from "Five Lectures on the =
Acoustics
of the Piano"</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM></EM> </DIV>
<DIV>Anyone know if what, if anything, ever became of his =
idea?</DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV>
<DIV>Vince Mrykalo RPT <BR><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
color=#ff0000>University of Utah</FONT></DIV>
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#ffffff"></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
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