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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%'>Reason #104 to<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%'>COME TO NEECSO 2008<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>“Rib Crowned & Supported Soundboards – A
New Paradigm?”</b> by Ron Nossaman and Terry Farrell<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This
series is composed of two thematically related and complementary 1 day
classes. The first class “<b>Belly of the Beast</b>” will be given
by Ron Nossaman on <i>Thrifty Thursday</i> and focuses on design and
interactive function of scale, bridges, and soundboard in R, C, & S belly
construction as it differs from more traditional methods.</span><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This is followed on Friday by Terry
Farrell’s class, “<b>Construction of the Rib Crowned and Supported
Belly</b>”, which focuses on the construction methods of ribs, panels,
bridges, bass cut off bars, etc. that are essential to R, C, & S bellies
– all of which are within the reach of the small one man shop. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'>We confess that the title
“Rib Crowned & Supported Soundboards – A New Paradigm?”
may be slightly misleading in that it suggests something entirely new, which is
not the case. Many of the design components utilized in R, C, & S bellies
have been found in pianos going back some time. What <i>is</i> new is how many
of these elements have been combined. And R, C, & S belly construction as
it is practiced in its modern form has been around for the better part of 30
years. It is only very recently that there has been a broader awareness and
acceptance that these techniques work very, very well. This is not pie in the
sky, but is instead well grounded in good science and is utterly practical in
its application. Great sounding pianos can be built consistently using these
design elements and techniques. (Isn’t <i>that</i> the bottom line?)
And so a growing number of rebuilders and manufacturers are availing themselves
of these technologies. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'>For these reasons, we felt that
the time had arrived to broadly focus on these recombinant piano technologies.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=basic style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Contact:
Bill Ballard<br>
NEECSO '08 Registrar<br>
POB 84<br>
Saxtons River, VT 05154<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=basic style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>802-869-9107<br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><a
href="mailto:neecso.registrar@ptg.org"><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>neecso.registrar@ptg.org</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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