<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7>Time to jump right into your first soundboard...;-]<BR><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: Hotwheelsp@aol.com<BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Received: 6/18/2006 4:42:39 PM<BR>Subject: Restoring crown in old soundboard<BR><BR><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV align=left>As I have progressed through my first restoration, I have now come to repairing the soundboard. After inspecting it for cracks (there was only one which traversed the upper left corner), I turned my attention to the crown of the board. My question now is: How do I restore crown to this old board. Is this possible? The board has negative downbearing, which I guess could be corrected through the soon-to-be recapped bridges, but I figured this was not the long term solution. Any advice would be greatly appreciated </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Phillip Pardue</DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>