<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY>It's only a little joke between Ron and I...me the string= seater and he the non-string seater.   <BR><BR>David= I.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid;= PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: Farrell= <MFARREL2@TAMPABAY.RR.COM><BR>To: Pianotech= <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 07:17:13= -0400<BR>Subject: Re: climbing mt Everett<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>David, did you mean sit= butt or seat string? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Again, I don't think Ron is trying= to be a jokester. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here, look at me: =   <FONT size=3><STRONG> :-|    = </STRONG></FONT><FONT size=2>Or am I just that= slow?</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think Ron's point is that string= seating is likely of little if any benefit (at least long= term) to false beat reduction. If you isolate the two= procedures, you can better evaluate how each procedure affects= the outcome. Perhaps a similar benefit will occur from CA= application alone.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry= Farrell         = <FONT size=3><STRONG>;-)</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT= face=Arial size=2>> No, no Joe don't do that...seat, then the= CA...;-]<BR>> <BR>> David I.<BR>> <BR>>>> Hi= all,<BR>>>> Today marked the taming of one of the worst= false beating pianos, an <BR>>>> Everett= console.<BR>>>> No unison from C5 to the top had any= single string without a real shudder<BR>>>> when the= unison was tuned. To liken it to a Calliope would insult that= <BR>>>> instrument,<BR>>>> With the help of my= tipper, string seater, and two passes with CA the= <BR>>>> unisons are now clear and= strong,<BR>>>> I was not supprised to find that after= seating the upper treble was <BR>>>> flat, but after= the CA was applied, a little sharp. This seems to happen= <BR>>>> regurally when I do the CA thing on false= beats.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>>Joe,<BR>>>Next time,= in the interest of education, try the CA without seating= <BR>>>anything and see what you get.<BR>>>Ron= N</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>