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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Crashvalve@aol.com
href="mailto:Crashvalve@aol.com">Crashvalve@aol.com</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> October 24, 2003 2:39 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Fw: Baldwin =
pre-cut
string</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva =
color=#000000
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">
<DIV><BR>In a message dated 10/24/03 9:05:49 AM, <A
href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">pianobuilders@olynet.com</A>
writes:<BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">...... the gentle curve to termination =
takes away no
sound quality from the string ? This is my primary question. Some =
techs
attribute a better sound as the piano ages away this curve, I'm not =
sure. What
about that ?<BR>regards<BR>Glenn C.</FONT><FONT face=Geneva =
color=#000000
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>I don't know. It's not =
something
I've ever tried to design a test for. It is common practice to remove =
all, or at
least most, of this curve during the string leveling operation. And =
I try
to concentrate on things that will actually have some measurable =
influence on
piano performance.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>I am always skeptical =
of tales
that attribute something like this to "a better sound as the piano =
ages." First,
excepting the changes made by a competent piano technician, there is =
little, if
any, evidence that the typical piano does develop a better sound as it =
ages.
Quite the contrary. That's why folks call in a piano technician. That's =
why,
eventually, the piano gets rebuilt or remanufactured. That's why piano =
get
replaced. (OK. I know this doesn't happen often but I did hear of an old =
upright
that got thrown away last year.) </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>There are so many =
things changing
in a piano after it is built it is going to difficult to single out one
phenomena like this and make any kind of validated claim for its =
improving the
sound of the aged piano.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#000080>Del</FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>