<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So now we have a piano topic, and it's = going to go the way of private telephone? Joe, you are such a tease! You get us = all worked up over square damper felt but then you don't go all the way with = it. So please, tell us all your theory about why flat felt might be preferred = over wedges in various areas of the square grand string scale.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net = href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joe Garrett</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 18, = 2004 2:42 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Square Grand = bichord damper felt.....</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kurt,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yikes! Do NOT DO THAT! You will = negate the original intention of the design/sound!!!!! Use pads, (Upright type), = as it originally had. PLEASE! I've seen waaaaaay too many nice Squares = screwed up with this thinking/modification. If you want to know more, please call = me: (503) 357-4713.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>