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<DIV>Dear, Dear, John Delacour,</DIV>
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<DIV>Why is Noone stopping Dale from ignoring the thread and why is =
noone
making those preposterous claims (as highlighted below in your =
text)</DIV>
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<DIV>Merry Xmas Dale.</DIV>
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<DIV>Tony Caught</DIV>
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<DIV>----- Original Message -----
<DIV>From: "John Delacour" <<A
href="mailto:JD@Pianomaker.co.uk">JD@Pianomaker.co.uk</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: <<A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 7:09 PM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: Sound waves(The behavior of soundboards)</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>> At 9:49 PM -0500 12/22/01, <A
href="mailto:Erwinspiano@AOL.COM">Erwinspiano@AOL.COM</A> =
wrote:<BR>>
<BR>> > Participants in this discussion<BR>> > I =
must
say I have found this thread more than a little <BR>> >tedious. =
Has any of
you ever occasioned upon a bass bridge impinged <BR>> >severely on =
one end
or the other against the plate. If you have then <BR>> >this =
should settle
some of this debate. The tone suffers seriously <BR>> >without =
bridge
movement. End of discussion!!!!!!!<BR>> > Dale Erwin--- =
Sorry real
tired<BR>> <BR>> I'm afraid you might have to get tireder, =
Dale.
<EM><FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG>Noone is stopping <BR>> you from =
ignoring the
thread</STRONG></FONT></EM>, just as we're all free to ignore other =
<BR>>
tedious threads.<BR>> <BR>> Your argument settles nothing because
<EM><FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG>noone is claiming that a <BR>> =
restriction of
bridge movement and consequently of soundboard <BR>> movement will =
leave the
tone unimpaired</STRONG></FONT></EM> and <STRONG><FONT =
color=#ff0000><EM>noone
has denied that the > bridge must move in order for the soundboard to =
do its
job properly.</EM> <BR></FONT></STRONG>> What is at issue is whether =
the
strings move the soundboard by <BR>> displament of the bridge, and =
the answer
to this question is <BR>> fundamental to an understanding of the =
acoustics of
the piano.<BR>> <BR>> JD<BR>> </BODY></HTML>