<!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=gnewell@ameritech.net = href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">Greg Newell</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> December 01, 2001 9:53 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Tighting Mason resonator</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Del and Dale, <BR>    Aren't they = somewhat tonal? If you strike them with, say, a rubber mallet wouldn't you get = a kind of a BONG sound? How about adjusting them how you adjust bicycle = spokes? All the same pitch! <P>Greg <P>P.S. any reason to lower the pitch first?   = </P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080></FONT>  <P dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080>Well, like I say, I pound on them. = Or, bang on them. Take your pick. I don't care if they are the same = pitch, after all, they aren't all the same length. And I doubt M&H took care to = match their mass. I'm just concerned that they don't rattle and buzz. </FONT> <P dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080>I can't think of any reason to lower = pitch first.</FONT> <P dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080>Del</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>