<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#b8b8b8> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>'t = MUZIEKINSTRUMENTENATELIER<BR>PETER KESTENS<BR>BELGIUM<BR><A href="mailto:KESTENS.P@DEBCOM.BE">KESTENS.P@DEBCOM.BE</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>Ron, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>You = mentinonned:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2><A better way is to = machine the top of the ribs to a crown, dry the panel a<BR>lot less severely than = the first method, and glue it to the ribs.></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>Can you please tell me = how much crown you give to the ribs and how you do this delicate job?  I always = had in mind ribs had to be crowned in order to give crown to a soundboard but I = can't figure it out how one can give with a saw or a router this amount = exactly to the ribs.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>Thanks a lot.  = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>Peter</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>P.S.: happy new year.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>