> In the article mentioned above, I stated the crown of my boards to be > above 25mm. Then I discovered "the list" and met the likes of Ron N., > Del, Terry, Dale, the various David's, etc. Ron was kind enough to > spend countless hours off list discussing the different types of > crowning methods and the conversations began with something along the > lines of "25mm of crown, hmmm, sounds to me like you have a whole lot > of compression in that board!" (paraphrased version with numerous > definitive superlatives excluded). Actually, that was pretty close to verbatim. > One of the results of these conversations was an awareness that > intuition can often be flawed (paraphrased version with numerous > definitive superlatives excluded). Yes, numerous - expletives too. > We placed the crowned board on the floor in a mocked up immovable frame > encasing it. Andy then stood on the middle of the board while I watched > the edge closely to see if it would expand the framework. As I watched > the edge of the board, it rolled upward and inward, away from the frame, > proving Ron's experiment to work on an entire board. As expected. Cool! Someone else actually cared enough to try this. Thanks guys. > Another result of the conversations is that the current 275 we are > building has a hybrid board with more rib support and less compression. > The piano is not strung yet, but the board is glued in and has more boom > and resonance than any board I've done to date. Encouraging so far. I hope it at least meets expectation after stringing. I expect it will. > Soooo, although personalities may collide and feathers may get ruffled > from time to time, I would like to proclaim viva la list, and thanks to > Ron and those who are willing to take the time to give freely of their > knowledge base and skill sets both on and off list. You're welcome Michael, and thanks for the input. Ron N
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