<HTML><HEAD> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19328"></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">Okeedokee!<G> Works for me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">Curmudge aka Joe</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> <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=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>;<A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 9/22/2012 7:05:28 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] re; Action Ratio Measuring</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=navy size=2 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><FONT color=#000080 size=1 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Hi Joe<BR></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=1><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Wether the  casptan is straight or angled, watching it move thru its motion changes its contact point with the wippen heel. Not by sliding but by </FONT><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">rotating</FONT><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">. Its not much and I'll choose not to split hairs about it. Ok?</FONT></FONT><BR><BR> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; COLOR: navy; CLEAR: both; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=royalblue size=1><B><FONT face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT color=black><FONT color=mediumblue face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<BR><FONT color=green>Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</FONT><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></B></FONT><FONT color=darkgreen><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><B><FONT size=1><FONT color=black size=1><FONT color=blueviolet><FONT color=black><FONT color=black face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</FONT><FONT color=black face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=cornflowerblue size=1 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">www.Erwinspiano.com</FONT><FONT size=1><BR></FONT><FONT color=crimson size=1 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</FONT><BR><FONT color=darkgreen></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN></FONT><TT><TT><FONT color=darkgreen><BR> </FONT><BR>  <FONT size=2></FONT></TT></TT><BR><BR></DIV><BR><BR> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net><BR>To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Sat, Sep 22, 2012 6:51 pm<BR>Subject: [pianotech] re; Action Ratio Measuring<BR><BR> <DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12px" id=AOLMsgPart_0_81fa6c07-27c4-4866-89a4-91d4f5f609da><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>Dale said: "All actions are subject the accelerating action phenomena to changing ratios thru the complete range of motion as the capstans is moving further from the wip center pin and the increasing leverage efficiency in the wip." Dale, I can't agree. The capstan does not move but a miniscule "...further from the wip center pin...". Del brought this to my attention during a Key class I was giving. I agree with Del, ...that there is little movement of the capstan along the wippen foot felt! They are so close to linear to each other that the differences of their arcs is pretty much negligible imo.<G> Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain of the Tool Police Squares R I </TT></PRE></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>