<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV align=left>Yeah, that rings a bell...</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>David I.</DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"The term Carding comes from the old= term that ment to comb the wool fibers to remove the dirt, twigs= and other unwanted things before it was spun into= yarn."</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR><A= href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A= href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com<= /A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=Alpha88x@aol.com= href="mailto:Alpha88x@aol.com">Alpha88x@aol.com</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> Thursday, July 08,= 2004 8:30 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: OT - Another= Clyde</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial= size=2 PTSIZE="10"= FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Clyde,<BR><BR>    = Carding is when you "shave" the grooves out of the hammers: a= slight layer removal in order to needle them and make the glassy= harsh tone more mellow in these old= uprights.<BR><BR>      Don't know if I= will be at the picnic, Maybe<BR><BR>Julie= </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>