<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19088"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dale Erwin + Ron Negron  action  measuring + felt</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=reggaepass@aol.com href="mailto:reggaepass@aol.com">Alan Eder</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> Monday, June 27, 2011 3:28 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Actions By Design</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><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; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Joe Goss <<A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A>><BR>To: pianotech <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><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 href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com" target=_blank>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></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>