<!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 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Richard Brekne wrote:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    "<FONT face="Times = New Roman" size=3>As for who would take notice I<BR>would say that a lot more = will take notice when somebody can actually prove<BR>some of the claims made on = both sides of this argument as well as others.<BR><BR>Documentation, proofs, and = the like do have positive effect. And a long<BR>sight more then simple = declarations I dare say. In the end, if "proving"<BR>something to your own satisfaction = is all that you need... then you will<BR>accomplish little else.<FONT = face=Arial size=2>"</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    First of all, I'm = not at all sure what you're talking about Ric.  Ron made a statement, which = was really poking fun of manufacturers who have their heads stuck in the 19th = century and are darn proud of it too, pal.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    As far as anything = to be proven by Mr. Overs, I saw his work at Reno, I have seen how his ideas are a = much needed improvement over what we have had for the last 100 years or so, = and he actually is building pianos that I believe should be prototypes for new = models. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    So, what were you = talking about again?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></FONT><= /DIV></BODY></HTML>