----- Original Message ----- From: "Erwinpiano" <Erwinpiano@email.msn.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: June 29, 2001 7:02 AM Subject: Fw: Reverse Crown Soundboard > Hi Terry > > I have seen this quite a few times. Julius Bauer, Becker bros. Emerson > and others did use this design. When you stumble on to this your first > thought is that the board went south and then you realize that it's to > intentional especially when you put a string across it and see a very > deliberate curve You know every one says it's a bad design but each one I > have rebuilt has had incredible sustain and power. In fact the sustain is > better than most conventional boards. In spite of the wood being in > tension(positive bearing but reverse crown) only one board had a narrow 4 > inch crack that was easily shimmed. ----------------------------------------------------------- Are you sure about that Julius Bauer? I've seen a lot of strange and wonderful things on a Bauer, but never reverse crown. With his duplex rib system working away I've also never seen one with anything coming even close to a flattened board. Another idea whose time has long since come... Del
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