<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ric,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yup.  Pluck sustain is still a = little longer than hammered, also pp sustain and tone quality are much better than = FF.  So I'm planning to work the shoulders some more, cautiously moving up = towards 11 and 1.  Thing is, the piano overall is so sweet that it seduces me = into just sitting and playing instead of pulling the action and = voicing.  (BTW, it's tuned to a mild WT.)  So progress is slow.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 28, 2003 = 6:02 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Voicing for = sustain: was Downbearing and Tone</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <P> </P></BLOCKQUOTE>I suppose you went throught the thing = about plucking the strings for checking sustain time, so you are convinced its a = voicing issue then eh ?? <P>Thanks for filling me in <P>RicB <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"></A> </BLOCKQ= UOTE> <P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>UiB, Bergen, Norway = <BR><A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> = <BR><A = href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broad= park.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>