<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3086" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> <DIV>Dale, these pianos are not reverse crowned, but with very slope-y (?) soundboard plane and a very high bass bridge. It takes a lot to drive that bridge!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Paul</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>"If you want to know the truth, stop having opinions" (Chinese fortune cookie)</STRONG></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 05/10/07 22:10:54 Central Daylight Time, Erwinspiano writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV> <STYLE type=text/css> .aolmailheader {font-size:8pt; color:black; font-family:Arial} a.aolmailheader:link {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; font-weight:normal} a.aolmailheader:visited {color:magenta; text-decoration:underline; font-weight:normal} a.aolmailheader:active {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; font-weight:normal} a.aolmailheader:hover {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; font-weight:normal} </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16441" name=GENERATOR><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  Hi Tom</DIV> <DIV>   Is it reversed crowned perhaps? See....... nothing new.</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</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><FONT face=Moderne size=2>List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Moderne size=2>    I serviced a very interesting 5' 1930? ( I left my atlas on the desk) Mehlin grand today.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Moderne size=2>    First glance was very typical small grand design. Cantilevered bass bridge but with a pretty decent backscale length. The real surprise came from below.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Moderne size=2>    The bass was floated and had a  3" wide serpentine cuttoff .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Moderne size=2>    The ribs were "reverse" tapered .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Moderne size=2>    That is the ends of each rib were around 1" thick at the rim and tapered to around 5/16 " thick in the middle. I'll bring my camera next time and pass along some images.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Moderne size=2>    Really cool design stuff. The overall condition was fair to poor and I really would have liked to hear this thing out of the box way back when. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Moderne size=2>    Any of youze belly heads worked on one of these?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Moderne size=2>    Tom Driscoll RPT</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> See what's free at <A title=http://www.aol.com/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503 href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target=_blank alt="http://www.aol.com/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503">AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>