<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"><I>In a message dated 7/16/2002 5:31:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time, davidlovepianos@earthlink.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:<B>Re: Shellac vs. lacquer </B><BR>
Date:7/16/2002 5:31:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time<BR>
From:<A HREF="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A><BR>
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David<BR>
I agree with this. The whole crux of the matter is that maximum resielence won't get max piano tone. What is required is limited resielence or controlled stiffness. Solutions coat and stiffen fibers and when done enough the density increase to the level of resielence control/stiffness needed to produce a desired tone/ sound.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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This is all assuming that the contribution of "hammer hardeners" is to<BR>
increase stiffness of the individual fibers rather than overall density of<BR>
the hammer. I'm inclined to believe that it's the overall density that<BR>
increases and the flexibility or compressibility decreases as a function of<BR>
that.<BR>
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David Love<BR>
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