<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 3/16/04 2:06:27 PM Central Standard Time, Richard.Br= ekne@grieg.uib.no writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>I'm sorry... I think I am a bit confused here.= .. how can damperwire be <BR>the source of after-ring in pianos... whatever = alloy ??<BR><BR>RicB</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>As I said, this is the piano professor's interpretation of what he= thinks he heard the technician explain. I think, as Jeff mentioned, that pe= rhaps it was the lack of damper springs that he was told was the problem, bu= t he didn't understand it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></BODY></HTML>