<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Shameless Self-promotion -- Part II</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } DL { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } UL { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } OL { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } LI { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=yardbird@vermontel.net = href="mailto:yardbird@vermontel.net">Bill Ballard</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> September 02, 2003 5:32 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Shameless = Self-promotion -- Part II</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>At 9:39 AM -0700 9/2/03, Delwin D Fandrich wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Us piano folks seem to be in the = news of late. For my own bit of utterly shameless self-promotion, = see:</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><A = href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle/137253_pianoman02.html">h= ttp://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle/1<SPAN></SPAN>37253_pianoman02.htm= l</A></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Cecelia Goodnow writes: "More than just pleasing to the ear, the = mellow tones rejigger something deep within the body, turning knees watery = and guts quivery, like the afterglow of a sweet and sensual cordial."</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Shame on you, Del. That poor woman had no idea she was going to = need a designated driver to make it home after hearing your piano.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Again she writes: "...attractively robust...." Clearly her = critical faculties sustained damage.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>It was = probably the local brew....</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>On a serious note: "Instead of a traditional cast-iron plate, = which can warp in production and rob musical energy from the strings, it will = have a precisely sized plate of structural steel cut into shape by a water jet...."</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV>I'd like to hear about how water can cut = steel.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>At 60,000 to = 80,000 lbs of pressure directed through a very small diamond orfice with a small = amount of garnet (or some similar abrasive) injected into the stream. For more information see:</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080>    <A href="http://www.waterjets.org/about_abrasivejets.html">http://www.wate= rjets.org/about_abrasivejets.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>