<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Folks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Back home after a tour to Nashville. 6 = new rocks in the rock garden.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One from each new state I passed = through. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The term Carding comes from the old = term that ment to comb the wool fibers to remove the dirt, twigs and other unwanted = things before it was spun into yarn.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Wim = -------------------------</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=Alpha88x@aol.com = href="mailto:Alpha88x@aol.com">Alpha88x@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 08, 2004 = 8:30 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: OT - Another = Clyde</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" = PTSIZE="10">Clyde,<BR><BR>     Carding is when you "shave" the grooves out of the hammers: a slight layer = removal in order to needle them and make the glassy harsh tone more mellow in = these old uprights.<BR><BR>      Don't know if I will = be at the picnic, Maybe<BR><BR>Julie </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>