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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I would
guess that the Hamburg Steinway factory goes to great lengths--as<BR>much as
anyone--to control the EMC at glue up. While I agree this
is<BR>anecdotal and doesn't constitute a comprehensive study, it does speak to
the<BR>issue of variability in panel response to compression style crowning
and/or<BR>the difficulty in environmental control during
manufacturing. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV> <STRONG>Completely agree & doesn't 35 years of observations
count for anything? If deductive reasoning doesn't count for something
then we should stop paying attention.</STRONG></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>If I am
not<BR>mistaken, these boards are hybrids and have crowned ribs as well
suggesting<BR>that while, presumably, there is less reliance on panel
compression, one<BR>still can't escape it in this particular method.
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<DIV><STRONG><EM> I believe you are correct & the evidence is that the
procedure has been going a long time. i.e. the 1905 Steinway C I rebuilt 2 years
ago. Nice objective observing dude</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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size=2><BR><BR>David
Love<BR>davidlovepianos@comcast.net<BR>www.davidlovepianos.com
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