<!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></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=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">Open Forum for Piano Technicians</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> September 09, 2002 1:26 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Re: = New Steinway D problem</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr></DIV> <P dir=ltr>I think I feel a little head ache comming on tho = concerning the seperating between internal damping, and exterior vibration. :) </P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080></FONT>  <P dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080>Vibration is easily induced but = quickly damped. Energy (from the strings) is lost in the plate (in the form of heat) in = the process.</FONT> <P dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080>Del</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>