<!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 6.00.5730.11" 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>  <STRONG><EM>Ric</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Well, that depends on how you go about achieving the amount of crown you want.  I you are referring to a strictly compression crowned assembly, then yes, the kiss of death has started from the moment it's bellied due to cellular compression & destruction. If we are using a rib crowned  or rib crowned and supported then it's a horse of a different color.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale</EM></STRONG></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> <DIV>only act to disperse vibrations.  <U><STRONG>If you think about it, the traditional crowned soundboard construction is the eventual kiss of death to the piano.</STRONG></U></DIV> <DIV><U><STRONG></STRONG></U> </DIV> <DIV><U><STRONG>ric</STRONG></U></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>