<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>   Hi RIc</DIV> <DIV>   Not so  with the reverse crowned board.  I have worked on my share of intentional reverse crowners & although the board is under a positive downbearing load the pins do not have any more trouble staying seated than the conventional system. The board is under tension but in my expereince with less adverse affects than the boards built ....the other way</DIV> <DIV>  The whole issue of crown is that is needed or certainly desirable to create varying amounts of impedance by compressing the soundboard, which is a spring  thereby making it more reactive to vibration & thus move more air,sound etc. but we've certainly covered this before.  right?</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR>Hi Don.<BR><BR> Then too... in the grand it seems like we have trouble enough as it is <BR>keeping strings seated to the <STRONG>bridge. Downbearing or no... with the <BR>panel countercurved as it were it would seem to me that the strings <BR>would find it even easier to become unseated.<BR></STRONG><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>