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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> July 06, 2001 10:36 =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Strike Point</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a =
message dated
7/6/01 11:35:26 AM Central Daylight Time, <BR><A
href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">pianobuilders@olynet.com</A> =
writes:
<BR><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000080 =
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TYPE="CITE">If someone at Baldwin told you that, they were giving =
you
incorrect <BR>information. No modern piano has been built using a =
1/7 strike
point in the <BR>treble</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial =
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<DIV><BR><BR>Del <BR><BR>It was the head of the technical department. =
(I can't
remember his name off <BR>hand, but he was a very popular instructor =
at many
seminars. I am sure <BR>someone will remind me who that was). Anyway, =
perhaps
he told me that <BR>measurement as an easy way to get the hammers back =
on the
piano, considering <BR>the instrument, not as an exact measurment for =
all the
hammers. <BR><BR>Wim</FONT>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Or did you mean to write 1/17? That's some different =
than
1/7.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Anyway, you're probably referring to Willard Sims. =
Really nice
man, but not all of his information was accurate.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Del</FONT></DIV>
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