<!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 6.00.2900.3268" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I guess I will post this to the Pianotech List, just in case anyone else didn't get the joke.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>William wrote: "...doesn't this sound a bit (exactly) like the S&S line, used to sell flaws?"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry thinks in response: "No $hit!  Did I forget to use quotation marks?"   <FONT size=4>;-)</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry writes in response, while trying to repress his real thoughts: "Sorry William, I thought the play on words would be obvious. You are correct that much about the RC&S design/construction methods target repeatability/predictability as a goal. IMHO, the very small variations that my method of panel thicknessing might create, is insignificant relative to the natural variations that will occur among pieces of spruce. IMHO, it is a non-issue</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hey, don't feel bad. I'm about the worst one on the planet when it comes to "getting" a joke - I'll sit there bewildered while a room full of people are laughing hysterically around me.  :-(</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Seriously though, thanks for your input. Others may have had the same thought. I wouldn't want folks to think that I am claiming to sell magic!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>> I mean, isn't that the sort of thing that, in part, gives each <BR>>> hand-crafted piano its own personality?<BR>>><BR>>> Terry Farrell<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Hi Terry,<BR>> <BR>> Not that I question your methods or results, but doesn't this sound a bit <BR>> (exactly) like the S&S line, used to sell flaws?  More to the point, though <BR>> is that for someone building RC&S boards at least in part because of the <BR>> repeatability/predictability of the process, I would think that hand-crafted <BR>> personality would be a thing to be avoided, not pursued.  Just asking, not <BR>> taunting here.<BR>> <BR>> Of course, I must add that I have the greatest respect for you and your <BR>> choice of methods in soundboard construction.  I love the craftsmanship and <BR>> the result, having heard enough of your boards to know.  This is more a <BR>> question of principle, of work philosophy if you will.<BR>> <BR>> Feel free to post to the list if you wish.<BR>> <BR>> William R. Monroe</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>