> > That's why I asked. Everyone wants to measure crown in the place where > > soundboards nearly never go concave, and never the place where they nearly > > always do. How does it look in octave 6, where crown typically reverses? > >Ah! I didn't know that. Well, I placed a straight edge up under the >soundboard close to the second treble rib. My guess (since I can't really >measure very well there) is that I have slightly less than 1/8" of crown >there. Very surprising. >Most of the curvature seems to be where the rib tapers, if that >means anything. Means it's a compression crowned board. >The middle of the high treble board is less curved, with >perhaps 1/32" of arch to it, depending on where the starting and stopping >points are defined. So is it a keeper? ;-) It might very well be a miracle! Ron N
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