<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV>That particular hunk of spruce is part of one of the backposts from the old Starr upright that I learned to tune on.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Works much better as a belly rail brace than it ever did as a backpost (sumpin' was wrong with that thar old pie-anna!).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>And a belly rail brace like this, IMHO, pales when compared to the original belly rail structure on the Knabe I am working on - that belly rail is a full six-inch by eight-inch hunk of white ash (think baseball bat). IMHO, even a braced belly rail like on this Baldwin or a Steinway pales is stiffness/mass compared to a railroad tie like that on the Knabe.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"> </DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  <STRONG><EM>Terry</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  This to me makes the most sense.  It replaces the wimpy treble "resonator" strip with something substantial.  Nice job. I've taken to putting a beefed up bar here as well.  Not this gi-normous but why not?</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><FONT face=Arial size=2>And another example:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><IMG id=MA1.1184764843 alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:001e01c7c954$eafbb9f0$0302a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0 XHEIGHT="2" XWIDTH="769" DATASIZE="42304"></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"> Get a sneak peek of the all-new <A title=http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982 href="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" target=_blank>AOL.com</A>.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>