<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=515270406-09012006>Greetings all --</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515270406-09012006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515270406-09012006>I = offer a gift. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515270406-09012006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515270406-09012006>Talk = of piano design (and) history as well as pitch frequent this group. My mom has a copy of = the 11th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica published in 1911. In = volume XXI are two articles of interest. PIANOFORTE and MUSICAL PITCH. The former = runs 16 pages and the latter runs 4. I have carefully scanned each and made the = two of them available as a single downloadable .pdf file, (Acrobat = Reader), on the Los Angeles Chapter website. While the edition long ago went into = the public domain I nevertheless obtained permission from Encyclopedia = Britannica to scan and share these articles, so no obligation. = They're</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515270406-09012006> free for = the taking. I hope they stir up some conversation.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515270406-09012006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515270406-09012006>To = download this file visit: <A href="http://www.la-ptg.org/additionalResources/">http://www.la-ptg.org= /additionalResources/</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515270406-09012006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515270406-09012006>And = while you are there, click on the Double Feature link in the upper right and visit our = conference web site. If you haven't yet registered to attend remember = that the early registration prices end this Sunday, January 15th. And as long as = you are visiting the Double Feature website, you are encouraged to play Richard Davenport's Tic-Tac-Tooner quiz. We're offering fun even before the = conference starts.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515270406-09012006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=515270406-09012006>Looking forward to meeting many of you in February.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515270406-09012006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515270406-09012006>-- = Geoff Sykes</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=515270406-09012006>-- = Assoc. Los Angeles</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>