<!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 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks Terry.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gene</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, November 12, 2007 5:38 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: on rib notching</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Another method is to mark (painter's tape) the inside of the outer rim with the general rib end locations. Next, place a small dollop of Playdough on the inner rim where the notch will be:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:003301c8254d$ad6c8920$95d28304@DB0Q5F61" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Put some painter's tape on the rib ends to keep them clean:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:003401c8254d$ad6c8920$95d28304@DB0Q5F61" align=baseline border=0></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Then press the soundboard in place and you will get nice perfectly positioned imprints of the rib ends.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:003501c8254d$ad6c8920$95d28304@DB0Q5F61" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Notch away. Cean off any dried Playdough residue with a light sanding.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:003601c8254d$ad6c8920$95d28304@DB0Q5F61" align=baseline border=0></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Easy and very accurate. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Oh, and....... FUN!!!!!!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</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"><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Would anyone care to share their technique for locating and notching rib ends into the inner rim?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gene</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>