<!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 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=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">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> February 05, 2003 11:45 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Henry Herz Belly Brace = JPG</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Del, and Others.. Thought you might like this new shot = of the Herz piano forte. It shows what I suppose is a belly rail brace. This = shot is taken from above the piano with the covering folded back. = </BLOCKQUOTE> <P dir=ltr> <FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>The = question, of course, is why...? Why go to all that much trouble to build something = that is structurally flawed from the beginning, awkward to tune, surely, = and to service, probably, albeit interesting and beautifully crafted. At = least from the pictures. I suppose if it really sounds and performs better = than anything else of more conventional design....does it?</FONT></P> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV> <P dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </P></BODY></HTML>