Rebuilding a 40's aeolian knabe grand, new works, including RC&S belly of my design. In prepping the case/rim for Fish, Cutoff and new rib placement, the belly rail and curved side of the rim have what I would consider a significant and (to my mind) superfluous "crown" machined into them. I don't want the gratuitous complications, and will be removing the crowns in the next day or so. This is especially true on the belly rail, where, because of the location of the cutoff, a significant portion of the "crown" radius is not even located in the "working" part of the board. A question to other rib crowned belly heads...what do you do with these "crowns"? Leave'em or hack'em off? Since it's a bit of work to remove them, do others leave them without undo complications? Jim Ialeggio -- Jim Ialeggio jim at grandpianosolutions.com 978 425-9026 Shirley Center, MA
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