<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hi Joe,</font> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> </font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">And for those unfortunates amongst us who DID miss the seminar, please do give us a hint at what it is we missed ('cause it sounds really worthwhile).</font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> </font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks,</font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> </font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Alan Eder<br> </font><br> <div style="clear:both"></div> <br> <br> <div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Joe Goss <imatunr@srvinet.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Sun, Jun 26, 2011 9:35 am<br> Subject: [pianotech] Actions By Design<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_a0f371c0-d267-4d15-a864-b1c8e37c28fe"> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Hi folks you missed a good one if you were not able to be at Reno this weekend.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Hi Wade,</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Thanks so much for hosting the one day seminar featuring Dale Erwin and</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Ray Negron. Got way more info to use than I ever expected.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Also kodos to your talented lovely artist wife for the feast at lunch.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT<br> <a href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</a><br> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</a></font></div> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="erwinspiano@aol.com" href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">Dale Erwin</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, June 24, 2011 8:17 AM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [pianotech] C-5 Yamaha and Ronsen Weickert hammers</div> <div><br> </div> <font color="navy" size="2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_1b295a65-6bd7-4de1-a315-274461f08e10"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_540b6251-248b-4cd8-afe8-fe967e909139"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_6c12c6ce-913c-44c4-99ea-108ef1003337"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><br> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Wade Muncy <<a href="mailto:wadomuncy@yahoo.com">wadomuncy@yahoo.com</a>><br> To: Dale Erwin <<a href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">erwinspiano@aol.com</a>><br> Sent: Wed, Jun 8, 2011 8:03 am<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_e54df7ce-f279-4ac8-8d1f-00f26a5645e4"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div> Hi Dale<br>  <br> </div> <div>On another subject, I hung the Ronsen Weickert hammers in my Yamaha C-5 yesterday afternoon.  The boring is the best I've ever had. <font color="blue"> </font> The size of the bore was absolutely perfect for my style of hanging<font color="indigo">,<font color="mediumblue"> </font></font><br>    I could slap about a dozen hammers at a time onto the shanks and line em up before the glue grabbed.  All the angles and bore lengths were also perfect.  My only (very minor) complaint is no extras, I always like a few just in case.<br>   <font color="sienna"> Sometimes I don't have any or I screw up a few</font>. <br>  Anyway, they went on fast and looked great.  Then I put the action back in my piano to do final alignment, string leveling, and to check out if I wanted to skin or lacquer or anything like that.  Well, obviously, the first thing was just to play and listen...after that I never got to second base for any other work.<font color="firebrick"><b><br> </b></font><br>   They are unbelievably great.  I played for hours, didn't stop until past 9.  The pianissimo is truly incredible.  If it were on a stage, I would probably like a little more balls at fortissimo,<br> <br>  but in my home, I don't think I need that.  I might dope or skin the last (highest) half octave, but I think I'll just let them break in naturally.  <font color="indigo"><br> </font></div> <div><font color="indigo"><br>  Wade Muncy RPT--Reno<br> </font></div> <br> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </div> </font></font></div> <div style="CLEAR: both"><br> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></div> </font></font></div> </div> </font></font></div> </div> <br> </font></font></blockquote><font color="navy" size="2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"></font></font> </div>  </div> </div> </font>