<!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 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>"IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH, STOP HAVING OPINIONS!"</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV>Would someone care to explain the above to me? It seems to be the heading of several emails, but I fail to understand how it relates to pianos and even what on earth it means.</DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV>If this is some religious or political crap, please stop shoving it in front of my face. I'm interested in reading most all the posts on this list, but by putting it at the heading of an email, one if going well out of their way to be sure that everyone sees and studies this thing - which I'm quite sure is the intent - I simply argue that it is not appropriate for this list.</DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV></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=paulrevenkojones@aol.com href="mailto:paulrevenkojones@aol.com">PAULREVENKOJONES</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> Sunday, February 18, 2007 6:27 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: M&A A</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH, STOP HAVING OPINIONS!</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 02/18/07 15:29:47 Central Standard Time, <A href="mailto:ricb@pianostemmer.no">ricb@pianostemmer.no</A> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV>Good point bringing up pitch locks. Why they can influence the classic <BR>false beat to begin with needs a good explanation not to mention how the <BR>loose pin idea fits into that box. I remain convinced we are still <BR>largely speculating on the whole subject matter. Lots of observations <BR>but the only things that add up are pretty general in nature</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> Cycloidal pendulum phenomenon? The staple interrupts the periodicity of the oscillation? Phase interruption or damping? Hmmm. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Paul</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>