<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = khtml-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Ron N.!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Very interesting rebuilding on your D. = I'd like to ask you a few things.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How did you determine the position of = the vertical hitchpins? The placement seems random in some places, or maybe I just = don't get the idea. What did you try to achieve?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I like the front duplex = idea.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do you have a picture where the front = terminations in the bass area are visible?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Or an overhead image of the whole piano?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Did you taper the = soundboard?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That piece of wood connecting the tenor = bridge to the long bridge, is it glued to the soundboard too? Is it meant to = stiffen the assembly there?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any chance to hear this piano on a recording.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Calin Tantareanu<BR>----------------------------------------------------<BR>&nb= sp;<A href="http://calin.1L.com">http://calin.1L.com</A><BR>-----------------= -----------------------------------</FONT></DIV> <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=rnossaman@cox.net href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">Ron = Nossaman</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=files@ptg.org href="mailto:files@ptg.org">files@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 24, = 2005 2:13 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Files] Re: Nossaman = D</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>