<!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 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Terry</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is the "Circle of Sound" you refer to = anything to do with the "Circle of Fifths" - or we about to start going round... and = round... and rou...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G (UK)</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 20, 2003 10:13 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Steinway key humping</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial>It won't increase the = strength a bit, but the slightly curved keybed surface is critical for "circle of sound" = propagation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Carl Meyer" <</FONT><A href="mailto:cmpiano@comcast.net"><FONT face=Arial size=2>cmpiano@comcast.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial = size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial = size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 8:57 = PM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Steinway key = humping</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT = face=Arial size=2>> I know of no other piano manufacturer who purposely makes = their key beds<BR>> unleveled. I was even told by another S&S rep that the = key bed was stronger<BR>> because of the (crown).  Can any of you math = gurus tell me how much extra<BR>> strength 1/16 crown over 4 feet of a 1 = 1/2  thick key bed will produce?<BR></FONT></BODY></HTML>