<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Yes.  I know there are many out there who refuse to believe it, but Wapin has compensated for a dead soundboard many times.  I've experienced it several times.  The board still needs to have crown and there needs to be downbearing.   I have considered installing the treble tension resonator on one piano.  It has Wapin on the Killer Octave and sounds great were it once was dead.    I can hear a slight difference in the entire treble when the air gets dry, though.  I think the resonator could help the case and soundboard stay together better in that area.  I've talked with some people about the resonators: works for some, doesn't work for others.  The idea has been around for years.   Tim Coates Wapin Company LLP   Richard Brekne wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid3DEFD1CA.FED03368@grieg.uib.no">   Tim... are you claiming that the Wapin can compensate for a dead soundboard ? just curious RicB "On 12/4/2002 at 8:12 AM Tim Coates wrote: <blockquote type="CITE"> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0,0,0); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;">Hi Dave, I'm dead serious when I say this:  you need to install Wapin.  It has never failed to fix this problem.  There is a pianist who drives from Dallas to Cedar Rapids, IA to record because there is no Wapin SSD in Dallas.  It's real.  It works.  It's cost effective. You don't have be worried about removing it because it didn't work. Tim Coates Wapin Company LLP </blockquote> </blockquote> -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <a href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</a> <a href="http://home.broadpark.no/%7Erbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</a>   </blockquote> </body> </html>