> ...to refer to something like a soundboard compression ridge -- >something that can be proven to be structural >damage in the wood panel -- as if it were a feature does stretch the >limits of credibility just a bit. > >-- ddf I don't recall that paragraph indicating a soundboard compression ridge was a "feature". It said something entirely different. However, if soundboard compression ridges could be proven to be structural damage in the wood panels in the majority of instances, I seriously doubt an industry leader such as Steinway & Sons would publish such information as is currently published in the Steinway & Sons Technical Service Manual. Believe what you will, Del and any others who care to. I happen to have a bit more faith and trust in the name Steinway. For them to be reckless or careless in their publications with no regard for their products, or the people who refer to them, or to consider it as PR, as Jon Page implied, is preposterous, especially having met and associated with many of the persons representing Steinway & Sons over the years. Carry on if you must about the subject of soundboard compression ridges, but I cannot indulge in such activity when it attempts to defame a fine piano maker. Keith A. McGavern kam544@ionet.net Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA
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