<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Wow, thanks for all the feedback, folks!  Del, thanks for mentioning Piano Tone Building. I don't have that book, and I've started the list with books I own (though I stuck The Voice Of The Piano at the end, which I don't yet have).  But I am certainly thinking of adding other titles, just to be comprehensive!  RIchard, I don't think I'd heard of that Broadwood book. One I'd like to get at some point, is the Alistair Laurence book about Five English Piano Makers.  Plus I haven't mentioned Pierce or the UK equivalent the Musicians Piano Atlas.  I should maybe also mmention Rick Baldassin's On Pitch. Thanks very much for spotting the typos, folks. No matter how many times I go over text, I always miss something! Regarding differences between UK and US English, I have to say that I am rather a fan of USA English. Recently I took (and passed) the Cambridge University CELTA certificate course for teaching English to speakers of other languages.  The differences in English across the Atlantic were mentioned. Sometimes companies arranging English courses want to have specifically either US or UK English, depending on what their main business market is.  In Britain (more so in England than in Scotland, perhaps) some people are snobbish about US English. I utterly reject such attitudes.  I think both forms are  equally valid and equally elegant, and both have good bits and clumsy bits.  Divergent from a common path.  I think perhaps there is a mindset among some, that hasn't quite forgiven the "colonies" for seceding from the Empire! I have relatives in CA and have visited the US several times (most recently for MARC in Bethlehem PA last April/May). I've always been interested to listen out for differences in the language.  But I had not realised that you would talk about students IN a course rather than ON a course. That's very interesting! And perfectly sensible, since one is IN a class group or cohort (or possibly AMONG a cohort!). But enough of these linguistical peregrinations for now! Best regards, David. </body> </html>