<!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> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Golly, technical terms have changed = since I was last active on this list!  But then, it seems everything has changed--service reps have played musical chairs, etc.  I was = just wondering what was considered the "killer octave region".   Am = I in danger?  Do I need to wear protection?  :)   Are we = talking about the bass/tenor break, lower tenor, low end of the treble?  Do = tell!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks gobs,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS  Is it OK to use vodka on = Baptist pianos?</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"><FONT = face=Arial><I><BR></I><BR><BR>So when you go into a showroom and look at ten brand new pianos, seven of<BR>which = already have significant tonal problems in the killer octave region,<BR>you = want to use the three to claim there can be no principle = established.<BR>Interesting.<BR><BR>Del<BR><BR></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>= </BODY></HTML>