<HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff">In a message dated 10/31/02 5:18:10 PM Central Standard Time, bigda@gte.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">>David Stanwood has in fact unselfishly offered the whole industry a >wonderful gift... his entire research base, his metrology, and >methodology. In fact the only part of his whole lifes work he has >expressly reserved for himself is the right to establish his own buisness >based on the exclusive use of his formula to calculate Front Weights for >the period of time a patent holds. > >I mean really.... I totally agree with this; we should be giving David Stanwood a special Lifetime Achievement Honor, and feting him at every opportunity.  His vision, high standards of excellence, and tenacity in the face of fear and entrenched yet outmoded ideas have been truly inspiring.  In the past 10 years, his work has rocked the world of any piano technician or rebuilder with any aspirations to the "major leagues." He has raised the bar significantly in any discussion or implementation of piano action craft. I have the deepest respect for him. David Andersen </BLOCKQUOTE> I agree with you completely. David deserves our respect for what he has accomplished and has earned the right through hard work to be rewarded.  I can only guess as to the reasons behind the criticisms expressed on this list concerning his patent. David Koelzer Vintage Pianos DFW</HTML>