<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Dearest Robin,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In this day and age of spell checkers I am surprised that any one = would send a post that was not at least correct in the spelling of the English = word. To make the same mistake 3 times is also quite clever. To not check on = what you have written before posting is a bit odd. </DIV> <DIV>And its time for a bit of brevity in this topic. </DIV> <DIV>And yes I am kidding, aren't you ?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Merry Xmas</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tony Caught</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </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=hufford1@airmail.net = href="mailto:hufford1@airmail.net">Robin Hufford</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> Monday, December 24, 2001 = 3:30 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Sound waves(The = behavior of soundboards)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Dear, Dear, Tony Caught, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>     Now isn't this a rather trivial, unkind, = and petty criticism, unworthy of the spirit of  this list?  I = fail to see how it could possibly, usefully contribute to the discussion of = the points at issue.  As Dale has  pointed out in his post, the fact = that he was tired, then surely,  it takes no great effort of intellect to = suppose the same could be the true of John Delacour, and that that, or = momentary distraction, or numerous other things,  could account for the = spelling of none which apparently you find of sufficient import and relevance to = the questions about soundboard behavior to bring you to the point of = taking pen in hand, belaboring yourself, and posting a reply.  You've got to be = kidding.          </DIV> <P>Tony Caught wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <STYLE></STYLE> Dear, Dear, John Delacour, Why is Noone stopping Dale from = ignoring the thread and why is noone making those preposterous claims (as = highlighted below in your text) Merry Xmas Dale. Tony = Caught ----- Original Message -----From: "John Delacour" <<A href="mailto:JD@Pianomaker.co.uk">JD@Pianomaker.co.uk</A>>To: = <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>>Sent: = Sunday, December 23, 2001 7:09 PMSubject: Re: Sound waves(The behavior of soundboards) > At 9:49 PM -0500 12/22/01, <A href="mailto:Erwinspiano@AOL.COM">Erwinspiano@AOL.COM</A> wrote: = <BR>> <BR>> >  Participants in this discussion <BR>> = >  I must say I have found this thread more than a little <BR>> = >tedious. Has any of you ever occasioned upon a bass bridge impinged <BR>> >severely on one end or the other against the plate. If you have = then <BR>> >this should settle some of this debate. The tone = suffers seriously <BR>> >without bridge movement. End of = discussion!!!!!!! <BR>> >  Dale Erwin--- Sorry real tired <BR>> <BR>> = I'm afraid you might have to get tireder, Dale.  <B><I><FONT color=#ff0000>Noone is stopping</FONT></I></B> <BR><B><I><FONT color=#ff0000>> you from ignoring the thread</FONT></I></B>, = just as we're all free to ignore other <BR>> tedious threads. <BR>> = <BR>> Your argument settles nothing because <B><I><FONT = color=#ff0000>noone is claiming that a</FONT></I></B> <BR><B><I><FONT color=#ff0000>> restriction of bridge movement and consequently of = soundboard</FONT></I></B> <BR><B><I><FONT color=#ff0000>> movement will leave the tone unimpaired</FONT></I></B> and <B><I><FONT color=#ff0000>noone has = denied that the > bridge must move in order for the soundboard to do its = job properly.</FONT></I></B> <BR>> What is at issue is whether the = strings move the soundboard by <BR>> displament of the bridge, and the = answer to this question is <BR>> fundamental to an understanding of the = acoustics of the piano. <BR>> <BR>> JD <BR>></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>