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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><b =
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Comments =
below.</span></font></b></span><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 color=navy =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> =
</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>David Love<br>
davidlovepianos@comcast.net </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal =
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12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
I do not agree with you...<br>
I had my first factory training at Bösendorfer in Wien, and the =
emphasis on my
training there was voicing.<br>
Their hammers are not "very hard", they are kind of medium =
hard, <span
class=GramE>just</span> like <i><span =
style='font-style:italic'>most</span></i>
Renner hammers.<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
<![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br =
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<![endif]><font color=navy><span =
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b =
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal=
'>By
my standards, and the hammers I deal with on a regular basis, they are =
quite
hard.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 =
color=navy
face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p>=
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal =
style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span class=SpellE><font size=3 =
color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>B</span></font>ösendorfer</span>
uses Renner hammers and have done so for a very long time. According to =
me,
they have never bought Ronsen hammers nor <span class=GramE>Bacon =
felt</span> hammers.<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 =
color=navy
face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p>=
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b =
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal=
'>Were
you actually thinking that I said that?</span></font></b><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><b =
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span =
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I think we have a communication =
problem.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> =
</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b =
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal=
'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b =
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal=
'>If
you don’t believe that soundboards contribute to how a hammer will =
sound
on the piano, well, what can I <span class=GramE>say.</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Then you should be able to get the =
same tone
on every piano no matter what the condition of the soundboard as long as =
you
use the same hammer and the piano has the same scale tension, <span
class=GramE>non</span>? <span =
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>My answer would
be no.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b =
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal=
'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b =
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal=
'>A
good quality hammer is important, I will grant you that, but they are =
not
imbued with magical powers. <span =
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Why do I
sense I will get some disagreement on that point?<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Just a feeling, I guess.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span =
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span =
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>=
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