<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Dear, Dear, Tony Caught,      Now isn't this a rather trivial, unkind, and petty criticism, unworthy of the spirit of  this list?  I fail to see how it could possibly, usefully contribute to the discussion of the points at issue.  As Dale has  pointed out in his post, the fact that he was tired, then surely,  it takes no great effort of intellect to suppose the same could be the true of John Delacour, and that that, or momentary distraction, or numerous other things,  could account for the spelling of none which apparently you find of sufficient import and relevance to the questions about soundboard behavior to bring you to the point of taking pen in hand, belaboring yourself, and posting a reply.  You've got to be kidding.          Tony Caught wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style> Dear, Dear, John Delacour, Why is Noone stopping Dale from ignoring the thread and why is noone making those preposterous claims (as highlighted below in your text) Merry Xmas Dale. Tony Caught ----- Original Message -----From: "John Delacour" <<a href="mailto:JD@Pianomaker.co.uk">JD@Pianomaker.co.uk</a>>To: <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>>Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 7:09 PMSubject: Re: Sound waves(The behavior of soundboards) > At 9:49 PM -0500 12/22/01, <a href="mailto:Erwinspiano@AOL.COM">Erwinspiano@AOL.COM</a> wrote: > > >  Participants in this discussion > >  I must say I have found this thread more than a little > >tedious. Has any of you ever occasioned upon a bass bridge impinged > >severely on one end or the other against the plate. If you have then > >this should settle some of this debate. The tone suffers seriously > >without bridge movement. End of discussion!!!!!!! > >  Dale Erwin--- Sorry real tired > > I'm afraid you might have to get tireder, Dale.  Noone is stopping > you from ignoring the thread, just as we're all free to ignore other > tedious threads. > > Your argument settles nothing because noone is claiming that a > restriction of bridge movement and consequently of soundboard > movement will leave the tone unimpaired and noone has denied that the > bridge must move in order for the soundboard to do its job properly. > What is at issue is whether the strings move the soundboard by > displament of the bridge, and the answer to this question is > fundamental to an understanding of the acoustics of the piano. > > JD ></blockquote> </html>