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="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Greetings,<BR>
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What exactly is=
downbearing? Does it affect the sound of the piano or is it a mechanical/ p=
hysics measurement for the playability of the piano? Why is it important to =
measure it? Can it be calculated by a formula(e)? What does it mean?<BR>
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Thanks,<BR>
rookie,<BR>
Julia Gottchall,<BR>
Reading, PA</FONT></HTML>