<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">In Thumps context, I think/</font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">believe</font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> the word accept would have been a good choice.</font><br>
<blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><blockquote type="cite">At this point I'm bowing out of the discussion, Ron. Why it is that you <br>
refuse to<font color="#b22222"><b> (accept) </b></font>believe that both phenomena may be at play in the excitement <br>
of a soundboard so that it emits an audible tone ( and so both phenomena <br>
contribute to it) I do not know. </blockquote></blockquote>
<div style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; clear: both;"><font size="1" color="royalblue"><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 size="1" color="black"><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 size="1" color="cornflowerblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">www.Erwinspiano.com</font><font size="1"><br>
</font><font size="1" color="crimson" 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="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Mike Spalding <mike.spalding1@frontier.com><br>
To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Fri, Feb 1, 2013 11:04 am<br>
Subject: [pianotech] Humbly questioning choice of words, was Re: Totally glueless<br>
<br>
<div id="AOLMsgPart_1_bc6740ff-f00a-4573-8dad-bea0d0b8b91a">
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Ron,<br>
<br>
Please consider using "faith" where you have been using
"belief". According to Webster, belief is "conviction of the
truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon
<u>esp. when based on examination of evidence</u>" (emphasis
mine), whereas "faith implies certitude and full trust and
confidence in the source whether there be objective evidence or
not". <br>
<br>
Perhaps there is a better word than "belief" for a conviction
based on examination of evidence - what term do you prefer?<br>
<br>
thanks<br>
<br>
Mike<br>
<br>
On 2/1/2013 10:00 AM, Ron Nossaman wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite">On
2/1/2013 9:38 AM, Euphonious Thumpe wrote:
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">At this point I'm bowing out of the
discussion, Ron. Why it is that you
<br>
refuse to believe that both phenomena may be at play in the
excitement
<br>
of a soundboard so that it emits an audible tone ( and so both
phenomena
<br>
contribute to it) I do not know.
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
It's possible, but lacking evidence, belief is all there is. I've
given reasons and figures for what I think. You may believe
anything you like. I prefer something rational.
<br>
Ron N
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
</div>
<!-- end of AOLMsgPart_1_bc6740ff-f00a-4573-8dad-bea0d0b8b91a -->
</div>
</font>