<HTML>In a message dated 2/25/02 3:24:36 PM Central Standard Time, kswafford@earthlink.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Conversations between inventor and piano tech have been, uh, short. Inventor wanted to talk about how simple this was as an engineering problem. Tech wanted to talk about the difficulties of calculating a tuning, choosing partials at which to tune, and setting the strings. No common ground. Believe it when you hear it. Kent </BLOCKQUOTE> In other words, the engineer thinks it is easy to tune a piano. Perhaps the next time an engineer calls to ask us for parts to rebuild his own piano, we should forward our version of how to build a bridge. Wim </HTML>