<br>   Hi Mike<br>   The board will remain in it's original & intact self. It sounded quite good before tear down.  This is a historic preservation piece.  I don't do that often but hey if it ain't broke don't fix it ( or modify it.)<br>   Dale<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_db472cbf-6a13-48d6-869b-d3e092d0ab46> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dale,</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Nice pictures, don't let the United States Navy see that cast iron plate, they'll want it for an anchor. Are you duplicating the original soundboard with the ribs as they are?    Mike</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael A. Morvan<br> Blackstone Valley Piano<br> Dedicated To Advancing The Art Of Keyboard Restoration<br> 76 Sutton Street<br> </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"> AM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> The 1893 Julius Bauer</div> <div><br> </div> <br> Hi All<br>   Dennis & I finally tore down the  Julius Bauer 6 ft. A truly amazing piece of engineering from antiquity. I have such respect for this man. Analyzing his pianos sound board system & how it is constructed is truly fascinating. I consider him as much a pioneer (wild man) as Jonas Chickering.  <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_00d19b9c-8f39-476a-a500-5486e381498b> <div><SPAN></SPAN></div> <div class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CA4A8ABB1CF7B6-E2C-301> </div> </div> </BLOCKQUOTE></div> <div id='u8CA4AA33851BB7B-E40-7F9B' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Supercharge your AIM. Get the <A title="http://download.aim.com/client/aimtoolbar?NCID=aolcmp00300000002586" href="http://download.aim.com/client/aimtoolbar?NCID=aolcmp00300000002586" target="_blank">AIM toolbar</A> for your browser.</FONT> </div>