<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Ron For what its worth.  Andrew used the abbreviation directly after he wrote it out wordwize... below. Seemed pretty clear what he was talking about.  You'd say RC, but <<his>> term is equally useful me thinks. Cheers RicB <blockquote> Ron N writes: Incidentally, I have no idea what the hell CC&R means. The term is RC&S, or rib crowned and supported. Wrapping up... Ron N </blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote>Ric, We've been enjoying a Sauter here.  I hadn't looked into soundboard construction methodology.  Would your description coincide with Compression Crowned and Rib supported--CC&R? .... snip </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote> Andrew Anderson </blockquote> </body> </html>