You mean Sec Def I think. Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: "alan forsyth" <alan at forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:04 AM Subject: Re: Question about new piano > Good grief Ric, you make your post sound like those famous remarks of a > once Secretary of State; " There are things that we now know, and things > that we don't know; then there are the things that we know we don't know > and there are things that we don't know that we know" or something to > that effect. So who knows. > > AF > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RicB" <ricb at pianostemmer.no> > To: <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8:07 AM > Subject: Question about new piano > > >> >> I'm not privy to enough information to know the answer one way or the >> other when it comes down to it, and I make no bones about insisting upon >> that lack of information yielding a lack of ability to conclude anything. >> Anything beyond continued head scratching at the world around me where no >> matter which branch one is in, there are a thousand things various folks >> <<know>> and these thousands of bits of knowledge are often as not at >> odds with each other. >> >> Grin... its enough to drive ya crazy. >> >> Cheers >> RicB >> >> >> No doubt that indeed there are some great piano designers working >> for these >> and other manufacturers. Unfortunately, these same companies also >> have a >> marketing department, an accounting department, and the corporate >> officers >> of these publicly traded companies need to keep investors happy. IMHO, >> publicly traded piano manufacturers are money making machines, not >> piano >> making machines. >> >> And hence, the cantilevered bass bridge lives on and on and on and >> ..... >> >> Terry Farrell >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > Take a look at their specs. I have to scratch my head at these >> things. I >> > see this all the time on manufactures of this sort. They all >> (nearly all >> > anyways) make a big point out of using a cantilevered bass >> bridge. Where >> > as here on pianotech we here only that this is basically a >> useless idea. >> > So... why do they all use them ? There are after all some fairly >> well >> > respected piano designers out there... Pramberger, Fenner, >> Suzuki, Shigero >> > etc etc. >> > Sometimes I really wish this list lent itself to dispassionate >> > presentations of all these various ideas about piano building. >> Anyways, >> > check it out at: >> > >> > http://smcmusic.com/remington/grands.html >> > >> > Cheers >> > RicB >> >> >> > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.10/720 - Release Date: 3/12/2007 > 7:19 PM > >
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