<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; khtml-nbsp-mode: space; khtml-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mcpiano@videotron.ca href="mailto:mcpiano@videotron.ca">Marcel Carey</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 13, 2006 6:08 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE : [Files] wing and son action pics</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859580510-13052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Tom,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859580510-13052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859580510-13052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>enough pictures.<FONT color=#ff0000>OK</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859580510-13052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> How does the thing sound??? <FONT color=#ff0000>Horrible</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859580510-13052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Do you think it's tunable??? <FONT color=#ff0000>With a dose of CA --Yes</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859580510-13052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>    Would it have a decent sound once tuned???<FONT color=#ff0000>Define decent.75 year old bass strings,no backscale to speak of, cantilevered bass bridge and who knows what other scaling anomalies. I'm hoping for a 42 " console sound at best.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859580510-13052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>    Will it stay in tune???<FONT color=#ff0000>I'm guessing it will have reasonable tuning stability, but once up    to pitch ( If that decision is made) a few swings through our N.E. seasons will tell the story</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859580510-13052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859580510-13052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>These would be the things I would worry about.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859580510-13052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>  <FONT color=#ff0000>Thanks for the advice</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859580510-13052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859580510-13052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Just my 2¢ and I'd really like to know what you think (sound wise).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859580510-13052006><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=2>Is that 2 Cents Canadian or 2 cents U.S. <G></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859580510-13052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>    <FONT color=#ff0000>Tom Driscoll RPT</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859580510-13052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Marcel Carey, RPT</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859580510-13052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Sherbrooke, QC</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>