<!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 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I wonder what it = would sound like if you wrapped the bass hammers in aluminum foil.  = </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=mwisner@yamaha.com href="mailto:mwisner@yamaha.com">Mark = Wisner</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> Friday, January 17, 2003 = 6:38 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Honky Tonk = attachment</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>The reason the bass hammers are excluded from the = "rinky-tink" system is that the metal tab (or tack) will beat through the rather = soft copper bass string windings, producing a completely different and = annoying effect.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>