<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Ron, Ron, Ron,,,,,,,,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Obviously you took = this as a personal rebuke. I don't think it was, so just calm down a little. Joe = wasn't attacking you personally, he was just making the observation that having = "the book" was, in his opinion, a necessary part of any technician's kit. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I have one, but I = don't have to refer to it too often. Sometimes if you set everything to the specs, the = case parts get in the way. Most of the time they won't, but I've seen it. = Know the general principles involved, set some samples, and take it from there. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I'm sure there = wasn't anything personal here; like myself, I think Joe's just getting more cantankerous = with age.  Something to do with having seen way more nonsense in life = than one would feel necessary.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    (Big Grin, there, Joe.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></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=rshiflet@eaznet.com href="mailto:rshiflet@eaznet.com">Ron = & Lorene Shiflet</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">PTG - send/receive</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 27, 2002 = 11:16 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Piano Specs. book</DIV>    I was unable to locate the specs for that = piano and so I asked to see if<BR>anyone had them.  For some reason you = took it upon yourself to rip me apart<BR>for not having the PTG specs book and = then kept going by asking if I had<BR>ever read books on wood working or welding.  What does welding have to do<BR>with Samick action specs?<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>