----- Original Message ----- From: "David M. Porritt" <dm.porritt@verizon.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: July 21, 2003 7:52 AM Subject: RE: soundboardinstal again > Ron: > > It looks like Mason & Hamlin did a fantastic marketing job with that > little strip of spruce on the fixture with the business card! > > dave > Yes, they did. But has anyone ever pushed down on the top of that arch to see how much pressure is required to flatten the thing out? I have--and it ain't much! And that's with the grain running lengthwise. As well, has anyone left one of these setups with the pseudo-ribs in place for a few weeks? Again, I have. And it settles out pretty fast. Like statistics, experiments can be set up to prove most anything--even outright misrepresentations. (Well, that's kinder than what I was thinking....) Del
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