<!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=Arial size=2>Hi Dianne</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  I know your post was off list = but Pacific piano has pre-cut sets of beatiful tokiwa felt for about $75.00  = I've used dozens of sets.  There is enough felt to felt any size grand piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Best---Dale = Erwin</FONT></DIV> <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=dianepianotuner@hotmail.com href="mailto:dianepianotuner@hotmail.com">Diane Hofstetter</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> Wednesday, September 19, = 2001 7:09 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Off list-thanks and question</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <P>Roger,</P> <P>First I wish to thank you for your thoughtful post to pianotech = about humane ways of dealing with this terrible situation our country is = in.  It seems so easy to lash out in anger, but matters only get worse when = we do so.  I just hope that a way is found to deal with things = constructively so that from this tragedy comes some kind of good.  If that could = only be done, <U>then</U> I think you could truly say that this is a great nation.<BR><BR>Second, a piano technical question.  On your = advice, given quite some time ago on pianotech,  I sent away for Yamaha damper = felt for the Steinway grand I am rebuilding.  All the bass dampers are now = ready to go back into the piano, but I am mystified as to what to do about = the treble dampers?  </P> <P>In the past I have used Laroux felt and the trichords and flats = have worked together well and I have been able to cut them to the same = configuration that was on the piano previously.  However, with the Yamaha felt, the = flats are sewn in the middle.  If I keep the flats the full width that = they are, then the damper heads will have much longer pieces of felt on = them than they did previously and will dampen the strings at different node = points than they used to.  Do you think this will cause me a problem = with the dampening?</P> <P>Thanks for all!</P> <P>Diane</P><BR><BR><BR>Diane Hofstetter </DIV>245-M Mount Hermon = Rd.#343 <DIV></DIV>Scotts Valley, CA 95066 <DIV></DIV>ph 831-438-6222 <DIV></DIV>fax 831-430-9741 <DIV></DIV>dianepianotuner@hotmail.com <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>>From: jolly roger <BALDYAM@SK.SYMPATICO.CA> <DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org <DIV></DIV>>To: pianotech@ptg.org <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: Fw: An Afghan American's point of view <DIV></DIV>>Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:30:17 -0500 <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>At 07:38 AM 9/18/01 -0700, you wrote: <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> >> millions would die, not just theirs but ours. = <DIV></DIV>> >> Who has the belly for that? <DIV></DIV>> >> Bin Laden does. Anyone else? Tamim Ansary <DIV></DIV>> >> <DIV></DIV>> >> <DIV></DIV>> >> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Hi Bob, <DIV></DIV>> Now is the time of opportunity, the first thing is to = get the <DIV></DIV>>United Nations to work for the global common good. No = easy task I know. <DIV></DIV>>Any Nation's Unilateral action in going after these = criminals, will meet <DIV></DIV>>with failure, unless there is global support for the = how and when. <DIV></DIV>> The world needs to see the UN working. A good start = would be to enforce <DIV></DIV>>the resolution with regards to the West Bank, and Gaza. = We have to be seen <DIV></DIV>>to be fair. Resolutions are for all. <DIV></DIV>> We sure do not want to see the steady stream of body = bags, that was <DIV></DIV>>witnessed on the news during the Viet Nam conflict. <DIV></DIV>> The West needs to go into Afganistan (By invitation) = and build some good <DIV></DIV>>will with the goverment there, by helping to build some = infractructure, for <DIV></DIV>>the moderates. That way we gain some allies in the = region. Lets learn <DIV></DIV>>from the mistakes of the past. <DIV></DIV>> Communisum was halted by the British in Malaya with = this approach, look <DIV></DIV>>at the country today. Viet Nam used the the bomb every = thing in sight <DIV></DIV>>approach. We all should remember the outcome and learn. = <DIV></DIV>> In the process of raising some standards of living for = the general <DIV></DIV>>population, there will be a changing of attitudes = towards the west. <DIV></DIV>>Health, food, shelter, and security to live, is a = Universal human need. <DIV></DIV>>Once you remove these basics, it is easy to use hate in = any form as a <DIV></DIV>>rallying point. In Malaya, the Communist stole rice and = lived off the <DIV></DIV>>backs of the rural population, the British dug wells = and built bridges. <DIV></DIV>>They won the hearts and minds of the masses, and the = campaign was <DIV></DIV>>successful. It was slow and long, and not ideal footage = for CNN, but it <DIV></DIV>>is the only way. By this approach the masses will have = hope, and see some <DIV></DIV>>light at the end of the tunnel. They will imform and = give valued <DIV></DIV>>intellegence to get rid of the cancer, that haunts = their Country. <DIV></DIV>> My personal feelings is we have to stamp out these = animals, my only <DIV></DIV>>question is how? <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Roger <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> >It seems such an impossible situation. The enemy = is <DIV></DIV>> >not a country or a state but an organisation of <DIV></DIV>> >extreme fundamentalists who have links in at least = 35 <DIV></DIV>> >countries. They are hated as much by ordinary = muslims <DIV></DIV>> >who do not hold these extreme views. So what can = be <DIV></DIV>> >done? What a dreadful dilemma for President Bush = and <DIV></DIV>> >the American Government. <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> >Bob Wilson <DIV></DIV>> >London. <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> >__________________________________________________ = <DIV></DIV>> >Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? <DIV></DIV>> >Donate cash, emergency relief information <DIV></DIV>> = >http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV></DIV><BR clear=all> <HR> Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <A = href="http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp">http://explorer.msn.com</= A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>