<html> <body> Hi Joe,                 You got that right.  their marketing Guru's are on the horns of a dilemma,  The old sales story of how the spruce rim  is just an extension of the board in tone production. He he he,   But our premium piano has a hardwood rim. shush. :-) :-| Roger At 06:55 PM 4/20/2006, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Roger said: "The new model 280 has a beech rim, and it is clearly evident in the treble performance. On the other hand the bass has lost some thing. :-)"   Roger, Probably the "Mud" at anything over MF.<G> It sounds, to me, like they finally woke up and smelled the ????.<G> Regards,   Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I     </blockquote></body> </html>