<!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 id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV>Good points, Ric (and Dale), and I've benefitted from your queries for the past five years or so since I first started lurking.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think the innovation is shifting to the small shops while the big companies try to figure out their corporate models and how to go global. As Michael Spreeman said, "Viva La List." We might be totally off our rockers at times but at least we have a chance to exchange our ideas with people all over the world. It's pretty awesome and my thinking would be so much smaller without all of you.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jude Reveley, RPT<BR>Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC<BR>Lowell, Massachusetts<BR>(978) 323-4545</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=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 25, 2008 4:24 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: R,C&S question</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  <STRONG><EM> RIc</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>   <U>Thank You.  Well said.</U> The creative tonal element is what drives all Belly heads.  Without out the passion it would be <FONT size=4>....BORING!!</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>    Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I go back to something I've said many a time.  The controversy element <BR>here is way over driven... as are the criticisms of the different types <BR>of boards.  All work well.  The rest of the discussion should be free <BR>and open and interesting as all get out.  <U>As Dale puts it below... he's <BR>had fun on his journey making different types of boards... creating <BR>different types of sounds.  Thats what this should all be about.<BR><BR></U>Cheers<BR>RicB</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Who's never won? <A title=http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002548 href="http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002548" target=_blank>Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music.</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>