<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: garamond, new york, times, serif">Is it no longer eastern Europe?  Has it moved?  ;-)</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: garamond, new york, times, serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: garamond, new york, times, serif">Richard<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Richard Brekne <ricb@pianostemmer.no><BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org; caut@ptg.org<BR>Sent: Friday, December 7, 2007 5:43:58 PM<BR>Subject: Lack of low frequency response<BR><BR>Hi folks.<BR><BR>Just a general question I would like some thoughts on.  What are the <BR>major reasons for a soundboard not having very good low frequency <BR>response.  I've heard several makes from former eastern Europe... <BR>Zimmerman comes to mind right away.... with a particular kind of nasal <BR>sound to their instruments... and I've come to the conclusion that this <BR>sound often corresponds to a panel with poor frequency response under <BR>say... 300 hz.  Like turning down everything below 300 hz on a stereo <BR>system... turning up the midrange... and leaving everything above 2000 <BR>hz alone.<BR><BR>I'd appreciate some thoughts on the matter.<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB<BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: garamond, new york, times, serif"><BR></DIV></div><br> <hr size=1>Never miss a thing. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs"> Make Yahoo your homepage.</a> </body></html>