<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Hemp-O-Temp? I'll bet that piano has a prominent = <EM><U>high</U></EM> end!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- <DIV>From: <<A href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">tune4u@earthlink.net</A>></DIV> <DIV>To: "Pianotech" <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></DIV> <DIV>Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 12:10 AM</DIV> <DIV>Subject: RE: OT to the Max was RE: space between black = keys</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>> We gotta write that book, Ron!<BR>> <BR>> Hemp-o-temp??? Sounds like that "exclusive Harmi-Tone action" on the Kimball<BR>> console (built by Pratt & Reed and sure looks like = almost every other<BR>> short-sticker upright action I've seen). I guess = it's like the pianos with<BR>> "Patented Bell Metal" plates. That's another = book someone could write: All<BR>> the hype and nonsense piano makers have = claimed or implied about their<BR>> products, with another whole section on = the verbal chicanery, ignorance, and<BR>> unadulterated sales BS of some = (many? most?) piano dealers.<BR>> <BR>> Alan<BR>> <BR>> = -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On<BR>> Behalf Of Ron = Nossaman<BR>> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 10:19 PM<BR>> To: Pianotech<BR>> = Subject: Re: OT to the Max was RE: space between black keys<BR>> <BR>> = <BR>> <BR>> >"rm" said: "Anyhow it is up to the individual pianist his = /her fingers fit<BR>> >between.  So if you have short broad = fingers, forget piano, you better take<BR>> >up ukulele or trombone.  = Just kidding."<BR>> ><BR>> >Well thanks for the painful memories: = I tried ukulele, and just fretted<BR>> over<BR>> >it too much. Tried = the trombone, too, but after awhile I just let it slide.<BR>> <BR>> = Tried the organ, but couldn't stop? Gave up on the guitar because you<BR>> = couldn't pick the right one, bar none?<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> >So now I = spend my time designing and building very simple instruments out<BR>> = of<BR>> >plants that most people consider useless weeds. Just about ready to market<BR>> >the first one: The Kudzu Kazoo.<BR>> <BR>> And = the Moon Flower lute, and the  Lambsquartertone with Hemp-o-Tempo.<BR>> = <BR>> <BR>> >Okay, sorry.<BR>> <BR>> Yea, me 2... or 3.<BR>> = <BR>> Ron N<BR>> <BR>> = _______________________________________________<BR>> pianotech list info: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A><BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> = pianotech list info: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BODY></HTML>