Which completes the circle (again?) and brings us back to the idea of RC&S boards, no? ;-] Just a friendly barb, Ric. William R. Monroe > Del just reminded us of his article series on the subject, and as I > understand the reasoning and what factual material he presents, > compression ridges are simply bound to form in significant numbers > whenever the compression crowned soundboard method is used. CC boards and > variants have been made for-like-ever so either Del is wrong, which he > isnt, or ridges have been around as long as boards have been made this > way... and quite likely in similar numbers. Better materials in the past > (if thats indeed true to begin with) could perhaps influence that picture > somewhat... but the principles of compression crowning remain the same. > > Cheers > RicB > > > I guess the older Steinways were not manufactured correctly, as I don't > recollect any mention of this before. So obviously, they just > learned to > make them correctly. :-) > John M. Ross > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada > jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca > > >
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