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<DIV>On Fri, 25 May 2001 00:19:02 EDT <A
href="mailto:JIMRPT@AOL.COM">JIMRPT@AOL.COM</A> writes:<BR>> <BR>> =
In a
message dated 5/24/2001 11:48:22 PM, you wrote:<BR>> <BR>> <<I =
have
noticed that APSCO advertises their damper felt for grands<BR>> as being=
"horizontally" cut, while Schaff advertises theirs as<BR>> "vertical".&=
nbsp;
What is the real difference and what are the pro's and <BR>> cons<BR>>=
; of
each?<BR>> <BR>> Waiting to learn something else I didn't know.<BR>&=
gt;
>><BR>> Geez John this is an easy one! "horizontally cut" =
damper
felt comes <BR>> from <BR>> Sheep who live in the mountains....by the=
time
they get to the <BR>> shearing pens <BR>> they are so tired from =
having to
run uphill that they lay down to be <BR>> <BR>> sheared...<FONT
color=#0000ff>But, how are the sheep sheared that run <STRONG>downhill
</STRONG>into a valley to be sheared...vertically or horizontally
:-)</FONT>whereas "vertical cut" damper felt comes from realatively <BR>>=
;
lazy <BR>> flatland sheep who don't ever have to lie down to rest and =
are
<BR>> sheared <BR>> standing up. :-)<FONT color=#0000ff>Really lazy=
ones
would lay down anyway. Right back to "horizontally cut" again...
:-)<BR></FONT>> <BR>> or another explanation is that "horizontal" =
felt is
layered/cut <BR>> parallel with <BR>> the strings and "vertical" cut =
is
cut /layered perpendicular to the <BR>> strings. <BR>> "Vertical" cut=
felts 'tend' to be of a firmer quality than does <BR>> "horizontal" <BR>=
>
felt.....or have I got that backwards? :-)<FONT color=#0000ff>Don't ask =
me -
that is why I asked the question in the first place.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>John R. Fortiner</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Billings, MT.</FONT><BR>> Jim Bryant (FL)<BR>=
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