My My my how such a posting brings out the passion, headscratching, and contrasts in how people think about things. David A., some people have to be able to put a number on anything that exists.... or it doesnt. On the other hand, some people go the opposite extreme and deny the validity of what the numbers tell us in the first place. Oddly enough it seems to be the later that has stimulated the former to the largest quantum leaps in our cumuliative history of knowledge, tho no doubt many will have issues with that claim. I personally think its great to be open to even the wildest ideas, and hold those doors always ever so slightly open. You never know when the numbers are going to add up in their favour after all. God knows thats happened often enough. There is no end to the things we << know >>, and seemingly no end to how often these << knowledges >> change in such amusingly conflicting ways. Thump on your pianos, and trust in what you have come to understand what that tells you. Speak your own language to yourself... all this to be sure. But of course.... be open to what the numbers say as well. Both dieties have their validity,,,, and their failings Some quotes "It's yet another of the magic bullet/philosophers stone free lunches that everyone wishes they would find to revolutionalize the industry, science, the world, the universe, get dates, grow hair, get rich, etc." "I've been thumpin' on the underside of boards with the damper pedal depressed for 20 years, and I can definitely pick up a lot of info about the condition of the board from listening: loose ribs, loose edges, lack of resonance (i.e. crown and bearing), the general "voice" of the board/piano." "My overall impression is that this story is the result of a reporter looking for a novelty storyline and a tech that is stretching the envelope. Obviously, thumping a freshly frozen and retreived carcass of a piano isn't going to produce much basis for serious anything. If it does, I'll invest the time to find out more, then, yet..??" "The treatment takes 48-72 hours and apparently does change the molecular structure of the metal. There were testimonials from drummers about their cymbals amd a saxophonist bragging about his better sounding horn." -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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