At 11:39 -0400 12/5/08, Farrell wrote: >..to the best of my knowledge there are not other >rebuilders/designersÊwho are experienced in redesigningÊin >loose-foot features. Correct? In America, since 1990, you mean? I've no idea. My education comes from the great non-American makers from 1865 to 1914 and a significant proportion of their output had the soundboard floated in various ways for various reasons. Perhaps you need to widen your horizons. There is a great deal more to be learned from the a past when a thriving tradition of pianomaking ran in people's blood than from an impoverished present. JD
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