<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'> <div>It looks like a tennis ball hooked up to an electric jig saw, which sits on a platform over the strings. I guess to pound in the strings? </div> <div> </div> <div>Wim<br> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 3px"><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></div> <br> <br> <br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Jack Houweling <jackhouweling@dccnet.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Thu, Sep 29, 2011 6:18 pm<br> Subject: [pianotech] FW: what is this?<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_1_dec8201b-376b-4948-bcd6-bf2249a8ba02> <STYLE>#AOLMsgPart_1_dec8201b-376b-4948-bcd6-bf2249a8ba02 td{color: black;} #AOLMsgPart_1_dec8201b-376b-4948-bcd6-bf2249a8ba02 p.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_1_dec8201b-376b-4948-bcd6-bf2249a8ba02 li.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_1_dec8201b-376b-4948-bcd6-bf2249a8ba02 div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} #AOLMsgPart_1_dec8201b-376b-4948-bcd6-bf2249a8ba02 a:link,#AOLMsgPart_1_dec8201b-376b-4948-bcd6-bf2249a8ba02 span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} #AOLMsgPart_1_dec8201b-376b-4948-bcd6-bf2249a8ba02 a:visited,#AOLMsgPart_1_dec8201b-376b-4948-bcd6-bf2249a8ba02 span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} #AOLMsgPart_1_dec8201b-376b-4948-bcd6-bf2249a8ba02 span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} #AOLMsgPart_1_dec8201b-376b-4948-bcd6-bf2249a8ba02 span.EmailStyle18 {mso-style-type:personal; font-family:Arial; color:navy;} #AOLMsgPart_1_dec8201b-376b-4948-bcd6-bf2249a8ba02 span.EmailStyle19 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:Arial; color:navy;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} #AOLMsgPart_1_dec8201b-376b-4948-bcd6-bf2249a8ba02 div.Section1 {page:Section1;} </STYLE> <div class=Section1> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR align=center SIZE=2 width="100%"> </SPAN></FONT></div> </div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I saw this video on You Tube called Pianomania, it has a Steinway concert technician</SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">named Stefan Knupfer working for Lang Lang, and at 0:47 he shows some kind of pounder. Does anyone know what it</SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">is or what it does?  Check out video link below.</SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Jack Houweling</SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWhRZmaFwLU&feature=BFa&list=PLEE6173BD97999F94&lf=results_video" target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWhRZmaFwLU&feature=BFa&list=PLEE6173BD97999F94&lf=results_video</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT></div> </div> </div> </div> </font>