<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 = size=3></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=spalding48@earthlink.net href="mailto:spalding48@earthlink.net">Michael Spalding</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> October 13, 2003 3:03 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Longitudinal mode = info</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Del,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That's a very interesting history.  Makes one wonder if/how = the current custom rescalers/stringmakers are controlling the longitudinal = mode?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mike </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>As = it's always been -- it's hit or miss. But it was with Baldwin's SynchroTone strings as = well. Except, perhaps, for some few that might have been made under Harold = Conklin's personal supervision.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 = size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>Del</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>