Grin.... Hey Joe, its ME !! I know you are are a fan of historic instruments. Thanks for the clarification as to why you figured the old panel would have sounded like <<crap>> tho. You had me scratching my head for a bit there :) Now, back to the origional quest of this thread.... nobody seems to remember when the article about soundboard removal was printed. Don V. has asked three times for it now. Cheers RicB Ric B, I agree with you, (your post of the 28th). In the case of the Chickering: even if the soundboard hadn't been taken = out with a sledge hammer, (really!), the original board's grain = orientation and construction was WAY weird! Also, the piano had been = through so much trauma, that the wood of the original was just "trash". = Lastly, there are many 8 footer Chickerings still in existance, so it's = not like I'm bastardizing a Graf or something.<G> Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I
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