<!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> <FONT size=3><STRONG><EM> Mike, Ron...all</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><STRONG><EM>  Thanks for the advice.  If it wasn't 5 pm I probably would got round to the heat gun. </EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><STRONG><EM>  Ron the worst part was this beautiful looking board reversed crowned a bit when it came out.  This client has already been thru the ringer & its a vintage stwy.</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT size=3>  Dale</FONT></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>> My heart goes out to you. That isn't fair. Somebody bonding a soundboard <BR>> to a rim with epoxy is totally out-of-line - and that coming from <BR>> epoxy-man himself!<BR>>  <BR>> Terry Farrell<BR><BR>What I don't understand is the rampant lack of any discernible <BR>attempt to clean the old glue off and get down to bare wood <BR>where the epoxy could have done some real damage. It's sloppy. <BR>Shows a lack of pride in, and commitment to being part of the <BR>problem - like painting over mud.<BR>Ron N</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Book Antiqua" size=2 FAMILY="SERIF" PTSIZE="10"><B><I></I>Dale Erwin--Piano Restorations<BR>4721 Parker rd<BR>Modesto, Ca. 95357<BR>Shop 209-577-8397<BR>cell 209-985-0990<BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Abadi MT Condensed" color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Web site <A href="http://www.erwinspiano.com/">http://www.Erwinspiano.com</A> </FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Book Antiqua" color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SERIF" PTSIZE="10"><I><BR>Restoration & Sales of<BR>Steinway & Sons & other fine pianos.<BR>" Soundboards by Design"</I><BR></B></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>