<!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 6.00.6000.16525" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>See the August issue (picture of an installed riblet on the cover) of the Journal.  The article, "Voicing the Soundboard with Weights and Riblets"  is on page 26.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>br</FONT></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"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 24, 2007 9:33 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Riblets</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><EM>----- Original Message -----  from <FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>Barbara Richmond, RPT</EM></FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>If you are going to make riblets, Darrell Fandrich has modified the design (see picture)</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM></EM></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Where do these go? Parallel to and in between ribs? Does the screw go into the bridge? Are they glued on? In the picture, it appears the center section on the table is not in the same plane as the two flat end sections - it seems that if you crank this thing up to the bridge bottom, you will tend to flatten out the soundboard - or am I not seeing things correctly?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM></EM></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>--he reported to me that by stepping off the back </EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM></EM></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>What do you mean by stepping off the back? The three flat sections rather than one continuus flat face?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM></EM></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>they perform better than the originals (with the curved back).</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></EM> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>The original what? Are these things replacing ribs? Or are they additional small ribs? Sorry, I must have missed something somewhere.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM></EM></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>