Hi Dale, Interesting point I hadnt thought of relative to the ribbing material. As to the impact of how the assembly is ribbed on the sound I would concure, and thats why this excact bit is going to be of primary concern. And I am quite sure I will welcome any and all thoughts on that subject matter. Especially yours Dale ! My point about the old panel was just to note it has its own character as well. This one is plenty usable. Doenst look like it was ever subjected to much compressive forces. Rather, it looks like it was just pulled apart over time. Not particularilly severely at that. The scale, however... for better or worse... will remain as it was. I understand all the arguementations about making improvements on the sound. But this instrument will be as much just what old Julius had on his mind at that exact time as I can make it be. It was produced in his first three months of production. There cant be but a couple such remaining examples in the world. I'll have plenty of chances in the future to attempt alterations of origional designs me thinks :) Cheers RicB Dale wrote As to recrowning your panel Ric. I also suggest you try figure out what species do wood was used in ribbing & then try to find old supplies of it or recylce this type of material out of old uprights. It's probaly some typpe of pine common on the continent & close to where the piano was made. Know what I mean? Also the way you rib it has Way more to do with the sound than the wood on top. IMO. I'd seriously consider a new more sane bridge root & thus scale ,Maybe not radical ,but his scales, from what I researched were always changing & all over the map. SO what's really original??? Dale
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