<!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 6.00.2900.3243" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ric, I'm not sure I agree that the topic has been overblown, perhaps overexposed. Still, I prefer this to secretive and the the discussion is far from vitrolic, despite whatever good-natured jabs we may take at one another. (Besides I have it from a good inside source, names will not be revealed, of some R,C&S boards that have developed killer octave problems and other tonal problems after 5 to 10 years,so we need not lead anyone out of the festival :). </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So again I think we can all agree that it never boils down to just one isolated part of the process. Nor do I mean to dilute the debate; we don't have a choice but to isolate the steps of our construction methods to try to derive some conclusions as to what produces a  certain type of tone. Anyway, I babble...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Jude Reveley, RPT<BR>Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC<BR>Lowell, Massachusetts<BR>(978) 323-4545</DIV></BODY></HTML>