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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> We use Mastercam Pro for our CNC
machine. It is heavy duty CAD and CAM (computer aided manufacture), anything you
can dream up, you can make. My feelings are it is the way of the future and I
see a lot of areas of piano restoration that can benefit from
it. Good luck, Mike</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael A. Morvan<BR>Blackstone Valley
Piano<BR>Dedicated To Advancing The Art Of Keyboard Restoration<BR>76 Sutton
Street<BR>Uxbridge, Ma. 01569<BR>(508) 278-9762<BR><A
href="mailto:Keymaestro@verizon.net">Keymaestro@verizon.net</A><BR><A
href="http://www.pianoandorgankeys.com">www.pianoandorgankeys.com</A>
<BR><A
href="http://www.thepianorebuilders.com">www.thepianorebuilders.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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<A title=innuuuu@yahoo.com href="mailto:innuuuu@yahoo.com">Terence Miller</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 14, 2008 4:01
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> CAD software</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hello List:<BR><BR>Does anyone have any feelings about the CAD
software they use?<BR><BR>I just attended an all-day seminar that emphasized
the value of precision in our work and reminded me that much of what we do is
really based on geometry. <BR><BR>Put those together and there seems to be a
real use for CAD software in the shop.<BR><BR><BR>I hate spending money, and I
especially hate spending money on a pig-in-a-poke**. If you haven't already
noticed, the software industry has forced the P-I-A-P market model upon us.
Not only can you not try the product to see if it fits, many 'License
Agreements' remind you that you do not own what you have just purchased. (and
NO you can not return it if you have broken the seal the envelope!) Imagine
<SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">yourfavoriteclothingstore</SPAN> without
dressing rooms...and as soon as you touch a product you have to buy
it.<BR><BR>Even if software is availabe as 'freeware' it often takes 20 hours
or more of mucking around in the program to get a sense of whether it will be
useful to your project. And then there is the issue of actually working
efficiently inside the program...was it written by a human being who actually
has to face the problems the software is supposed to resolve, or by the
youngest programmer chained to a bench in some programming galley off the
coast of wherever? Oh, and does the original language for the programming,
menus and documentation happen to be English? (always a nice but unexpected
touch.)<BR><BR>So, any leads for useful CAD
software?<BR><BR>thanks<BR><BR>Terry<BR><BR><BR>**Wikipedia has a cute article
on 'a pig in a poke'.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>** see Wikipedia for a cute
description<BR><BR><BR>
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