<!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>    Most people are = amazed to know the combined tension in the piano. Between twenty and 35 tons, I = believe. Makes some people nervous, though, so a little explanation may be in order. To = some people that much tension in their living rooms is like having a neutron = bomb next to them. ( Hey, we deal with a lot of artist types, don't = we?)</FONT></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=pianolover88@hotmail.com href="mailto:pianolover88@hotmail.com">pianolover 88</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 21, = 2002 6:09 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Piano factoids</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I'd like to hear your "top 5" favorite,(or more if you = like) most <BR>interesting factoids about the piano that any non-tech would = find <BR>interesting and/or amazing! thanks!<BR><BR><BR>Terry = Peterson<BR><BR><BR>_____________________________________________________= ____________<BR>Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: <A = href="http://messenger.msn.com">http://messenger.msn.com</A></BLOCKQUOT= E></BODY></HTML>