<!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>Hey Dale,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I know you were just shooting figures off the top of your head, but just for the record, it would be 4mm deflection on a 15" radius over 15". Hardly scant, IMHO but God bless your soul. I'm all for a healthy dose of crown up there and I have been, admittedly, way too conservative.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jude Reveley, RPT<BR>Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC<BR>Lowell, Massachusetts<BR>(978) 323-4545</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"><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG></DIV><STRONG><EM>  I crown these ribs as tight as 15 ft but even so on a 15 inch rib were only talking scant MM or 2. But I like having something to push against that resembles real crown.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Makes sense?</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>