<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1250"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>WELL SOMEONE DOES READ = CLOSELY.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First letter from a saying my grand dad = use to tell his sons, and my dad to me. He was a stationary combine operator who ran = a fleet of 7 machines and all the wagons, crew and horses.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My dad and I followed the tradition, = but only had two combines, which more than did the work of the 7 with only a crew of = 4 and no horses.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The saying cleaned up a little " If = your going to be a combine man, you got to be able to bulls///"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This really goes for pianos to the = extent that one needs to think through things and come up with a understandable answer = for clients young and old, thinking on their level.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>IMH <G>O</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tune4u@earthlink.net = href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 26, 2005 = 5:51 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Summary & Mystery = was Flat Facts</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=125082800-27032005><FONT face=Arial>Okay, here we = go.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=125082800-27032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=125082800-27032005><FONT face=Arial>I was having = a little fun being annonymous; y'all mostly knew who I was. And I really don't = think the question is naive, either. I think it's a darned good = one.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=125082800-27032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=125082800-27032005><FONT face=Arial>I've read the = comments that have been thoughtfully posted, but I have a very hard time = believing that bridge grooves, string stretching, etc., will take a piano 50 cents = flat in 10 years--especially if it's an old beater that has been = crushing and stretching  for 75 years.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=125082800-27032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=125082800-27032005><FONT face=Arial>I agree with = Sarah Fox; I think those pins are s-l-o-w-l-y turning; unwinding, if you will. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=125082800-27032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=125082800-27032005><FONT face=Arial>It's the only = explanation that, to me, could account for such huge changes. If the strings were stretching, they'd be getting thin and I've measured enough old = strings to know that, except when abused, they don't change <EM>that</EM> much. Soundboards could squash and split and be flatter over the years BUT = sooner or later all that stuff has to pretty well quit changing or the bridge, = for example, would be cut through into 89 little segments (I know, some = are close to that <G>).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=125082800-27032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=125082800-27032005><FONT face=Arial>The screw = stringer question was a good one. Old hands, whatayathink?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=125082800-27032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=125082800-27032005><FONT face=Arial>As to Ron's = comment on the Yamaha GH-1 low tenor: Install a DC with undercover and it = will--if it behaves at all like my experience with this exact problem--produce = a certifiable miracle. But, Ron, you didn't quite get the stupid old = saying correct. It should be: "There's no such thing as a stupid question, = just stupid people."</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=125082800-27032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=125082800-27032005><FONT face=Arial>And Joe Goss, = your comment "YGTBACMYGTBATB" triggered the following enthusiastic response = from me, to whit, "Huh?"</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial>Alan R. Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV><BR> <P><FONT size=2>--<BR>No virus found in this outgoing = message.<BR>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR>Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.3 - = Release Date: 03/25/2005<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>