<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just returned from working on a brand = new Hamburg Steinway O which was shipped from London to S. Florida and arrived 2 = days ago. Thought I would share a few  facts about how Hamburg Steinway = crated and prepared this piano for it's voyage..</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>l. The crate was equipped with a = battery powered device which determined if the crate ever was been tilted left or = right beyond a reasonable point. The light would click on a remain on if that situation ever occurred throughout the voyage.  The crate was a = work of art, almost as nice as the piano inside.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. The piano not only arrived in = reasonable tune, but in excellent tune at A440.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3. Not one disconcernable false beat = anywhere throughout the entire keyboard.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4. The action was in beautiful = regulation and voicing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have to handed to our overseas = Steinway people. What a joy to work on an instrument which had been prepared so = carefully. Obviously, Hamburg Steinway had the customer's best interest at stake. = Bravo Steinway!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Servinsky</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=sarah@graphic-fusion.com = href="mailto:sarah@graphic-fusion.com">Sarah Fox</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 13, 2005 = 1:41 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: S&S "A" made = in US again</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Cy,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>>>Lastly, this strange defense of soundboard = cracks from William Braid White:</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>></FONT><A href="http://steinway.com/technical/soundboard.shtml"><FONT = size=2>http://steinway.com/technical/soundboard.shtml</FONT></A></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hmmmm...  Yes....  Well, the argument = would almost seem to hold water for a rib crowned board.  However, = (and sticking to the "holding water" analogy <grin>), saying that a = SB's loss of efficiency is proportional to its loss in area is a bit like = saying a rusted water pipe's loss of ability to hold pressure is = proportional to its loss of wall surface area.  Nonsense!  It's a lot = more complicated than that.  Try making the board twice as big and = drilling out half of the wood (i.e. a Swiss cheese soundboard).  It = should be just as efficient according to their argument, right?  = Wrong!  It would be so acoustically "leaky" that it wouldn't radiate much power.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>However, all things considered, I suspect the = total loss of power in a cracked RC soundboard isn't all that significant, = nonsensical acoustical arguments notwithstanding.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Peace,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Sarah</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT = size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>