<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 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@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> December 04, 2001 12:20 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Modal Analysis = (was Negative bearing (long))</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Phil, Ron, and Del. <P>Here is a page from the text of Wograms article that addresses = directly I think Phils remarks, and what I interpret as his assertion of the predictability of modal analysis from the unloaded to the loaded = conditions. I would highly recommend this whole article to anyone interested or = directly involved in work relating to soundboard impedance issues. Even for = someone like me who just wants to gain better insights such reading is = valuable... so read away folks..   </P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT>  <P><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Yes, Richard, I have the book and I've = read the article. As I have said several time, my experience was some = different.</FONT> <P><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Del</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>