<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </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=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</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> Thursday, March 13, 2003 = 6:42 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Downbearing and = Tone</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> <DIV>How would you best describe the tonal characteristics of a = piano that has too much versus too little down bearing?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A = href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n= et</A></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>As I understand it, theoretically = with too much bearing it would be loud but not sustain very well, and with too = little, it would sustain long (providing the soundboard is good) but not have = much volume.  But so many other factors enter in that downbearing = can't be pointed to as the sole reason for a certain tone quality.  = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>    --Dave Nereson, = RPT, Denver</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>