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<DIV> Hi Tom</DIV>
<DIV> Is it reversed crowned perhaps? See....... nothing new.</DIV>
<DIV> Dale</DIV>
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<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>
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