<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3>Are you suggesting tongue & groove edge joints = make for panels that are stronger than those with a good butt joint? If so, why?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 30, = 2003 9:05 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Make a soundboard--Measurements</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3><FONT = face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>SNIP</FONT><STRONG>.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 = size=3>  David, Sitka panels that are tongue & groove construction such as the = ones John & Rick Wheeler make are very strong even without ribs. </FONT></STRONG></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>