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dated 2/29/04 2:22:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, antares@euronet.nl writes:
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LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">The invention was done by a=
Mr Velo, a retired Philips engineer.
<BR>I was once a believer in assist springs and I in fact have a grand
<BR>piano here at home with assist springs which one can regulate, but I no
<BR>longer believe in them because they have their problems.
<BR>The magnets are in fact the ultimate solution.
<BR>Richard Brekne knows very much about these and was so very friendly to
<BR>let us all share his gratis knowledge.
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<BR>friendly greetings
<BR>from
<BR>André Oorebeek
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<BR>Hi Andre(and Richard),
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<BR>Wasn't Richard working primarily with whippen/capstan magnets? Mag=
nets appear to be the wave of the future in piano action/key systems. =
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<BR>Seiler uprights used them on hammer shanks for awhile as a way to accele=
rate the hammer return(or was it the hammer stroke....:-). I don't kno=
w if they still use that technology.
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<BR>Dave S.
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<BR>Dave Stahl</FONT></HTML>