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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> October 08, 2003 3:33 =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: RC vs CC =
again</DIV>
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size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>In a message dated 10/8/03 5:45:47 =
PM, <A
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href="mailto:alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk">alanforsyth@fortune4.fsn=
et.co.uk</A>
writes:<BR><BR><BR>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Del wrote;<BR><BR>>>"do you suppose it =
somehow --
miraculously -- lost<BR>its desire to get itself straightened
out?">><BR><BR>As an offshoot to this topic, what then happens =
to the
wood fibres in a<BR>hammershank when we cast them with a heat =
source? They
certainly have lost<BR>their "memory" in this case. Would "time" =
under
stress be a factor in a rib<BR>losing it's "memory"?<BR><BR>Just
asking!<BR>Alan
Forsyth<BR><BR>_____________________<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT =
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<DIV><BR><BR>This may be off d path, but Frank Hubbard reports an =
Italian
harpsichord bentside straightened almost wholly in just one day after =
release
from it's case, and that cypress wood was 200+ years bent, and very =
thin
indeed. Sorry if this is not relevant<BR>Glenn C.</FONT><FONT =
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>It's certainly =
relevant if you're
the owner of the instrument in question. But, in terms of this =
discussion, no,
it's a whole other issue.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#000080>Del</FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>