<!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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> The problem, as has been outlined many times, is not that the RC&S people<BR>> aren't interested in the predictability of the CC system, it's that the CC<BR>> system is by its nature unpredictable both in terms of the initial outcome<BR>> and the long (or short) term prognosis and sustainability.     <BR>> <BR>> David Love<BR>> </FONT><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net"><FONT face=Arial size=2>davidlovepianos@comcast.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> <BR>> </FONT><A href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.davidlovepianos.com</FONT></A><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Well put, David. My instinct and experience would lead me to agree. It would sort of be like measuring Heisenberg's particle in that the very stiffness we would try to measure is always changing, just by our very breath as we lean over the thing to examine it. </STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Jude Reveley, RPT<BR>Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC<BR>Lowell, Massachusetts<BR>(978) 323-4545</STRONG></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>