<div>OK, Dave. I'll take your word for it! :-) I'd just never heard it before. Sorry. </div>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" color="blue" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue">OK Avery, it is a word but it is the name for the sound we make to make certain sounds by narrowing a passage in the vocal tract. The letter "F" requires a mono-labial voiceless fricative while the letter "V" is the same only voiced.
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<p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank">
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [mailto:<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of
</span></b>Avery Todd<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:00 PM<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b> Pianotech List<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:
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<p><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On 8/30/07, <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">gordon stelter</span></b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com" target="_blank">
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I've decided to replace them, for all of the reasons<br>cited, plus adjustablity during installation, etc.. <br>But I'll rebuilding the butts with Ecsaine. According
<br>to Bob at Pianotek, it is less fricative than<br>buckskin, but he hasn't quite convinced Tokiwa to use<br>Ecsaine on the upright butts yet ( like they do on the <br>grand knuckles ). As I'm dunking the butts in
<br>SuperClean, and rinsing, they'll be good and wet, and<br>the shanks will just pull out. Then I'll dry them on<br>nylon hardware cloth from the garden section at <br>Lowe's, with 1/2 inch mesh, stretched over a frame,
<br>and then refelt, etc..<br><br> Thanks!<br> G</span></font></p></div></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br>