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<DIV> Barbara</DIV>
<DIV> Congratulations.!!!!!!!!!! It feels good to be=
the
Hero doesn't it?</DIV>
<DIV> You have indeed learned a very valuable lesson. I always remembe=
r
that working on Ds (in large halls) is always a different kind of animal &am=
p;
once you have one success like you are describing you will never forget it &=
amp;
it helps you build experience to apply to the next difficult situations. You=
also know how a good D really sounds. Even with hose terrible lacquered hamm=
ers.
grin, Just kidding. I like the way they sound when they are right. I'm just
ribbing my friend Andre. It made me feel good to read your evolutionary
journey.</DIV>
<DIV> Regards</DIV>
<DIV> Dale Erwin</DIV>
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I learned an incredible amount on this job. I had posed the <BR>>=
question a year ago last spring on this list about whether or no=
t
<BR>> bigger hammers were better for projection in a big place like
this. I <BR>> can answer that now. No, they have to be
juuuuuust right (like <BR>> Goldilocks and the three little bears).&nbs=
p; I
even discovered that they <BR>> don't have to be voiced like granite to=
carry (at least in this <BR>> hall). So many of you helped me,
whether you know it or not. Thanks <BR>> to those of you with who=
m I
had private e-mail exchanges. It was <BR>> amazing--several times=
when I would have a question, someone on the <BR>> list would oblige me=
and
ask that certain something I needed to know. <BR>> I couldn't have=
done it without you.<BR>> <BR>> If there is music to desc=
ribe
my adventure, I would say it's Rossini's <BR>> Overture to La
Cenerentola. Go have a listen--the tentative <BR>> beginning, the=
building crescendo and the joyous end. <BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> Again, many thanks to all of you,<BR>> <BR>>
Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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