<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; =
-khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 14, 2005, =
at 1:04 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV =
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Is Japanese written left to =
right?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I don't know. Some =
languages are left to right, some are right to left, but that wasn't my =
point.</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE =
type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT =
face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I see the =
scale numbers thing as a non problem that should have taken less thought =
to work out than any one of the posted messages it prompted.</FONT></P> =
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class="Apple-interchange-newline"></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>Certainly,=
Ron and John, I agree with you. I was neither arguing nor =
suggesting it's something difficult to decipher. It's quite easy. =
Neither were my posts about Japanese vs American, because Baldwin's =
and Steinway's numbers go in opposite directions. And my posts, =
unlike the original, referred to a single wire replacement thought =
process. I was merely saying we are programmed from birth to process =
everything in a left to right progression.. We get in a hurry =
replacing broken strings and this is probably one of those processes we =
make mistakes on more often by the simple habit of our brainwashed =
reflexes, so you gotta pay attention to the numbers at each end just as =
much as the ones around the wire you're replacing. That's all I =
meant.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Otto =
wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN =
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Get a digital =
caliper & just check them out. It gets between the strings easily =
& is fast, whether the numbers are there or not. Mic. the wires =
on either side of the numbers if you're unsure It really doesn't take =
that long, especially if you're taking the strings off anyway. I'd =
rather be sure than depend on a stamp on the =
bridge.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Yes, as long as somebody =
else hasn't come along and got in a hurry and didn't pay attention to =
the direction the piano was originally strung, and, possessing that left =
to right brainwashing, mistakenly put the wrong size wire in ahead of =
you.</DIV><DIV>Jeff</DIV><DIV><BR =
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