<!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 6.00.2712.300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi = Stephen,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT color=#0000ff>Your signature = says <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>"Authentic Reproductions of 18th and = 19th Century Pianos". I was wondering if you could send a picture of one of your reproductions. I am very interested in that period. Thanks in advance.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Warm = regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Bob </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT color=#0000ff>Moffatt & = Sons Piano <BR>Calgary, Alberta - Canada<BR>Tel. 403 243-0385</FONT> <BR><A href="mailto:moffattr@cadvision.com">moffattr@cadvision.com</A></FONT><= /DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <HR> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca href="mailto:birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca">Stephen Birkett</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 27, = 2002 9:18 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: On the course of discussion(the behavior of soundboards)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Robin wrote:<BR>> owners  unfortunately = incapable of taking note of the many experimental<BR>> anomalies arising from = their point of view which their complete<BR>> indifference to the = numerous models and experiments suggested both by<BR>> you and myself = demonstrate.  <BR><BR>Now that the discussion has calmed down - I found it difficult = to follow the various<BR>threads while the salvos were going back and = forth - perhaps this would be a good point<BR>to present a short, = dispassionate synopsis of these key experimental anomolies and<BR>observations that = need explanation. <BR><BR>Stephen<BR><BR>Stephen Birkett Fortepianos<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>