Hi Robin This keeps comming back and I thought I'd repost the note I got from John Patton on the subjcet Robin Hufford wrote: > Several slip ups have been made, of late due to this reliance, one being the claim > made a few weeks ago that Steinway ribs were crowned when in fact they are flat and > the caul is curved. Hi Richard. ..........The ribs are flat and pressed into a curved caul. However, the panel is dried to 5.5%. Hope that clears it up. Best regards, John -----Original Message----- From: Richard Brekne [mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 9:38 AM To: Patton, John Subject: Re: Steinway Ribs Hi John Been a while since I last wrote you. I trust you are well. I wonder if you could confirm for me the official line on how Steinway crowns its boards. I am under the understanding that the use curved ribs, panel dried out to less then 5% emc, and pressed into a curved caul. I keep getting conflicting stories about the ribs... either they are flat or machine curved... which is it ? FWIW Cheers RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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