<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>HTML Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>P { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thank you David for sharing the eloquent = and thoughtful statement below.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dm.porritt@verizon.net = href="mailto:dm.porritt@verizon.net">David M. Porritt</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 27, = 2003 10:35 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Enormous thread on soundboards</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P>After reading so many messages about sounding boards over the last = few weeks, some observations:</P> <P> </P> <P>SNIP</P> <P> </P> <P>I'm grateful for the few people who will work to improve our chosen = profession.  They do it in small shops, experiment with their own = money, and manufacture innovative designs in single units.  They share = what they have learned with us and urge us to do better work.  For this, = they get criticism of their ideas, and insult to their motives.  I hope = they stick with their work, and continue to contribute to this list.  The = Steinway founders did the same thing building their instruments in their own home.  Without people like this we'd still be playing = clavichords. </P> <P> </P> <P>SNIP</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>