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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>New market for all those beaters with collapsed
boards. Do they make adjustable valve springs to incorporate into variable
thud soundboards? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I assume you will also be offering charts, graphs,
spreadsheets & the properly esoteric quantification instrumentation in
order to correlate one's adjustments to the politically-correct HT, AT, ET,
DDT, etc. which may be in vogue at this (or that) precise moment in
history. Must proceed with caution, you know. :-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Otto</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ed440@mindspring.com href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">Ed Sutton</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 30, 2003 4:41
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Sustain was Re: 1974 M &
H B</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> While these arguments are
worth considering, taken to extreme they would require at least 50 instruments
to play the repertoire, or that each performer specialize in a very narrow
repertoire. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Meanwhile, in order to
satisfy a greater variety of sustaining needs, I'm pleased to announce my new
invention: The Historically Adjustable Soundboard Damper! I'll be
offering it to all the major manufacturers next week, and look forward to
international acclaim.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Ed S.</FONT> </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 30, 2003 5:30
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Sustain was Re: 1974 M
& H B</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Del
<P>Been busy I see :) Just wanted to say that this is the first time I've
heard of complaining about too much sustain as well. I dont really know much
more about him then he is a harpsichord builder that has a rather special
international reputation. He likes old wood. And I guess he makes a pretty
fair harpsichord.
<P>I posted this because I thought it was an interesting variant as well,
and his argumention likewise.
<P>Cheers <BR>RicB <BR> <BR>
<P>"Barbara J. Fandrich" wrote:
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little off the subject line here, this quote reminded me of something I
heard a few weeks back from an eminent harpsichord builder in Northern
Europe. Bear in mind the fellow is a piano forte' lover, dislikes the
Steinway sound intensly, and in general dislikes the modern piano.
<P>His point was that this whole sustain issue is misunderstood from the
get go. That is to say that there is no need for nearly the sustain
levels modern pianos offer, ... that there is virtually no music written
from any time period that requires more then half of this sustain
level. Never heard that argumentation before.
<P>His position was that older instruments of the modern variant sounded
better (read mellow) as they lost some of their power and sustain
through the years.</P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><FONT size=-1>Your friend must not encounter the same jazz pianists
that come our way.... Music evolves.</FONT>
<P><FONT size=-1>This is the first time I've heard of anyone complaining
about excessive sustain time. The increasingly hard and harsh sound
quality of the modern piano, yes, even the excessively high overall power
levels expected from them. But not sustain time. Interesting.</FONT>
<P><FONT size=-1>Del</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>UiB, Bergen, Norway <BR><A
href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <BR><A
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