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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tompiano@gate.net href="mailto:tompiano@gate.net">Tom =
Servinsky</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> August 16, 2002 2:51 =
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Seiler Super =
Magnet Repition
Action.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I would contact Richard Davenport in Los Angeles. =
Richard
actively is retrofitting magnetic keyboards and has experimented
extensively with this subject.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Interesting thing that you mentioned =
Seiler...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>this summer at the Chicago PTG Seiler had =
sent one of
their voicers to teach a voicing class. Good class by the
way.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>During the class the subject was shifted to
inertia...what was it, how does it feel, how does it feel and the =
affects
if inertia to great...yada, yada, yada.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The point was made about magnetic actions and his =
response
was interesting in that, even though inertia (can in many times) =
becomes our
worst nightmare, it is also a characteristic of a piano keyboard. His =
thought
was that the magnetic keyboard, and in theory it works =
beautifully, will
present an entirely different, foreign feel to the piano. =
His
theory was that there would many artists-types who would not feel =
comfortable playing a keyboard with such a different =
feel.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I've played on several magnetic keyboards and =
personally I
didn't feel the same sentiment as the gentleman from Seiler. =
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Tom Servinsky, RPT</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Two different things Tom. =
The original
question was about the magnetic repulsion system Seiler used for a time =
in the
jack of thier upright actions. You are refering to the magnetic =
balancing system
used to replace the leading in grand keys. Since I don't have any direct =
experience with either....</FONT></DIV>
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