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<DIV>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>
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<DIV>Phillip Pardue</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>