<!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 6.00.2900.3243" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Interesting that you say Hartwig contradicted this inside the<BR>> factory.... You've been to the Hamburg factory then ?... interesting<BR>> because it was this same Hartwig that on my tour of the factory<BR>> informed me that the ribs WERE crowned and ... that they didnt dry<BR>> out to more then around 5.5 EMC before ribbing...and the bit about<BR>> the hotbox just before gluing the assembly into the rim... and the<BR>> rest of it.<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ric,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Actually, a friend did the 4-week class in Hamburg and befriended Hartwig. A few of us put together a survey which Hartwig responded to through email. Clarification would be greatrly appreciated.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Best wishes,</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Jude</STRONG></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>