<!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 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hi Dave,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I can tell you why I use the word "tinny."  It describes the sound I hear voicing-wise that is very close to those honky-tonk, whatever rails with the strips of cloth with bits of metal that give a, um, tinny sound.  Sorry, I know one is never supposed to use <the> word in the definition.  ;-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Can't say I've used the word to describe anything else in regards to pianos.  I must have missed the post about unisons.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Barbara Richmond</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=dnereson@4dv.net href="mailto:dnereson@4dv.net">David Nereson</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> Thursday, June 15, 2006 1:56 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> re: "tinny"</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><SPAN class=769383806-15062006>    People use the word "tinny" a lot to refer to any undesirable sound in a piano or in other instruments.  I don't know why they pick this word -- I guess because they don't know what other word to use and they have heard other people use it, so they figure it's "correct" for describing any undesirable sound in a piano.  But it almost never applies.  </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><SPAN class=769383806-15062006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><SPAN class=769383806-15062006>snip</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><SPAN class=769383806-15062006>   </SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>