<!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 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000 size=-4></FONT></DIV><FONT size=1></FONT><STRONG><EM>Ric</EM></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Ok Ok...Perhaps it was my can of worm statement for the month</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM> Well it is just,</EM></STRONG> <U><STRONG><FONT size=3>my own,,,</FONT></STRONG></U> <STRONG><EM>opinion based on my history of practice. I do, as you may, know continue with an open mind. I did manage to get my own Steinway B board out intact & am pondering the what to do for fun question. But on a routine basis I probably would lose money. Can somebody else here do this & report back. I don't have time to develop more new protocols right now.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale</EM></STRONG><BR><BR>This is another one of those in reality totally fascinating areas for <BR>discussion that sadly ends up nearly always in folks gnashing at each <BR>other.  Gets into all kinds of factors that end up being significant <BR>determinants respective to what one concludes.... like what ones <BR>perception of musical sound is.  It struck me the other day whilst <BR>reading some of the latest round of Soundboard posts that it is not the <BR>world of pianists who are worst stuck in their mold of Steinway <BR>worship.... no no no no no... They at least appreciate on some level or <BR>another a vast huge ocean of musical sound....even from the <<piano>> <BR>thingy.  But piano technicians however.... my gawd in wholey <BR>hootville... what we don't <<know>> absolutely and universally.  We <BR>routinely enforce our own perceptions of what good tone is and isn't on <BR>pianists all the time.  For example.... how many of you reacted <BR>negatively to that recording of the old Pleyel Stéphane Collin put up a <BR>couple weeks back ? Perhaps some of you think an old C melody saxophone <BR>sucks and a new Buffet R-13 B-flat clarinet is ok ? :)<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB<BR><BR><BR>        HI   JD<BR>          I have thoroughly heard that parade on the list for quite <BR>        some time.  A<BR>        position I don't share for the most part but then there are <BR>        times it's<BR>        warranted.  My Motto is.... If it aint't broke don't' fix <BR>        it.....if it is then let's<BR>        not procrastinate about it.<BR>          Dale<BR><BR>     <BR><BR>    The tradition in Europe is to salvage the soundboard at all  costs. <BR>    I think<BR>     >that's based more on tradition and  attitude about maintaining the<BR>    integrity<BR>     >of the original instrument  than whether the soundboard is actually<BR>     >performing its engineering  function in an effective manner or can<BR>    even with<BR>     >extensive  repairs...<BR></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><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></BODY></HTML>