At 11:52 PM 10/25/2000 -0600, you wrote: >Hi Susan, > >One of the most magnificent pianos I ever heard was a Mason and Hamlin 9 >foot. I was amazed at how wonderful it sounded. I was also *very* shocked >when I looked and saw that the front scaling had been muted off in the two >treble sections. I have always wondered, when it sounded *so* lovely with >the duplex muted, how much *more* might have been *had* from it. Luckily, the muting did no permanent damage. As soon as anyone wants to, it can be removed in a few minutes. Possibly someone didn't want to deal with some voicing questions ... and it is better that they used some felt than that they messed up the hammers. Susan
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