<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 = HTML//EN"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hola Rogerio,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>¡ Muito bom !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Thanks for = your input on which unison string is best to tune first.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>No problem understanding your English.  = However, if you want to work on it, there's a great forum called Tandem [<A href="mailto:tandem@slf.ruhr-uni-bochum.de">tandem@slf.ruhr-uni-bochum.= de</A>] where you can be assigned an English-speaking pen pal who is learning Portugese.  He'll correct your English, and you help him with his Portugese. (I'm currently doing this with people in Spain and Latin = America - a great way to learn).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2><B></B></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Rob Stuart-Vail</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B></B></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B></B></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>----Original = Message-----</B><BR><B>From: </B>ROGERIO OLIVEIRA DA CUNHA <<A href="mailto:rogeriocunha@openlink.com.br">rogeriocunha@openlink.com.br= </A>><BR><B>To: </B><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>Date: </B>Saturday, December 06, 1997 4:23 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Middle String<BR><BR> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"></FONT> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>To the list.<BR>My English may = be poor in order to explain why I think that the middle strings are the = <BR>better in order to you do a temperament.<BR>When you use a rubber to mute the = right side string, you may use this mute rubber in two = <BR>directions:<BR>1 – Put the rubber from right to left and the rubber will be = behind the right side string or<BR>2 – put the rubber from left to right = and the rubber will be over the right side = string.<BR>      (to the left side string, change the directions)<BR>On the two cases = the rubber forces the side string from or to the plate and the string = will be <BR>in a different plane from the middle string. YOU NEVER FORCE THE = MIDDLE <BR>STRING.<BR>So the middle string will be always in the same plane = and this is a very good condition!<BR>My old German teacher said: always = forces the side strings to the plate in order to maintain <BR>the plane of = the middle string  free from the plane of the side strings. ( In = some cases, if you <BR>forces the side string from the plate, the plane = of this string is in front of the plane of the <BR>middle string and the = hammer can’t  to strike the string well!).<BR>In all cases when = you pull the mute rubber from the place where it was muting the string, = <BR>the string come to this original plane and....... MAY BE OUT OF TUNNING. = <BR>Because of this, in some pianos the PAP’S mute is very = useful because it don/t forces the <BR>side string to or from the plate. = This is all.<BR>I would like to read this in a very good = English!</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2><BR><FONT = color=#000000>ROGERIO CUNHA - Rio de Janeiro</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2><FONT = color=#000000></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2>IC MEMBER OF THE PTG</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2><FONT = color=#000000></FONT></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>