<!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 id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV><STRONG><EM>Yes, cake indeed, and sometimes foot flavor.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>Anyway, back to the drawing board, and one of these boards I'll just have to try a pure RC&S for myself. </EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>BTW, in the wintery midwest do you have to add humidity then to get to your target emc.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>Jude Reveley, RPT<BR>Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC<BR>Lowell, Massachusetts<BR>(978) 323-4545</EM></STRONG></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=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 25, 2008 12:06 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: R,C&S question</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  <STRONG><EM>Ron</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>     This is a beautiful summation! Yeah just what I said.  Hmmm</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>    Cake indeed.</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>> */I'm just trying to get a sense of that interchange of stiffness from <BR>> compression verse rib support. I guess the hybrid covers the in <BR>> between range, but I think the variations might be fascinating, soundwise./*<BR><BR>Structurally, it's a matter of choosing which compromise best <BR>meets your criteria. Tonally, you have to find what produces <BR>what you want to hear, regardless of the structural and <BR>longevity price. Then you have to consider the climate <BR>extremes the whole mess will be subjected to and decide what <BR>will best meet your performance criteria for what you consider <BR>an adequate amount of time under the abusive conditions in <BR>which it will be expected to perform, and build it. Piece of <BR>cake...<BR>Ron N<BR></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"> Who's never won? <A title=http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002548 href="http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002548" target=_blank>Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music.</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>