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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:richardb@c2i.net" title=richardb@c2i.net>Richard =
Brekne</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 23, =
1999 7:03
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: evaluating sdbd. =
crown &
bridge downbearings in a new piano</DIV>
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<P>.... I will sit down tonite and try and defend that statement =
in a
seperate posting, but for now I would ask you (Ron and Del, and others =
) to
consider his statement in his last post... <BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><I>> Once the board takes on moisture the entire board =
is now
under</I> <BR><I>>compression.</I><I></I>
<P><I>Yes and no. If you talk in absolute terms, yes. In =
relative terms, no.</I> <BR><I></I> </P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>Now if you try and see where he is comeing from here... accept =
his
"relativity" perspective, it is easy to follow his reasoning, and =
actually can
easily be interpreted as a very different way of saying the exact same =
thing.
But as I said. I will attempt to explain what I mean by that in a =
seperate
post. </DIV>
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<DIV>Unfortunately the wood cells do not have the luxury of abstract
thought....</DIV>
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<DIV>Del</DIV>
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