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<DIV><FONT size=2>Don't know if it's steel, but I ran across this =
article about
Del and his plans to use a steel plate in future (written in =
2003):</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><A
href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle/137253_pianoman02.html">h=
ttp://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle/137253_pianoman02.html</A></FONT><=
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<DIV><FONT size=2>How is resonance controlled in such a bell-like
material? Isn't cast iron desirable because it is acoustically =
"dead",
dampening vibration rather than acting like another soundboard and =
creating
possible false beats?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=terry@farrellpiano.com =
href="mailto:terry@farrellpiano.com">Terry</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 16, 2005 =
8:10
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: California =
Convention--10 ft
2" Fazioli</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That was going to be my first =
question: is that a
steel-plate plate I see in that piano? I always figured that was the =
only way
to go for a one-off new piano.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ahhhh, the things night-dreaming are =
made
of......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry
Farrell</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>