>I'm too lazy to do the math, but 1/16 inch in four feet might be a radius of >what? a couple of hundred feet? 117 meters, or thereabouts. The "official" crown, I think, is 1/32", which would be around a 235 meter radius. >Now, having an arc? (part of circle) in a keybed will give more SOUND? I >sure wouldn't have thought so. Hey, I said it was MAGIC. Do you want to be a team player here or not? > Maybe we don't need crown in the soundboard >after all, just put lots of crown in the key bed. If Steinway does it, it >can't be all bad, now, can it? I'm told this works best with very old wood, but it's hard to get details. >Tongue firmly implanted in cheek. > >Carl Meyer Assoc. PTG It's about time someone got off their buttress and did something useful... like planting. Ron N
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