Soundboard scratches

[JIMRPT@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 6/30/1999 9:28:24 PM, A440A@AOL.COM writes:

<< Make up a good rationale for themt and stick to it! 
Regards, 
Ed Foote  >>

Lance;
 Although I can't agree with Ed to a "T".......cause he has an extra T in 
there :-)........I absolutely agree with everything else.
 The probable causes could be, cleaning attempts, restringing or string 
replacement damage, dry spilled coke/rum damage.
 The best answer 'might' be to say "Sir, or Madam, because of the depth of 
these scratches it is not practical to remove them completely as it would 
also remove so much of that one small area of the sounboard so as to possibly 
alter the sound/stability."

Course, it also is probably true....and that helps :-)
Jim Bryant (FL)