<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Oct 23, 2008, at 5:13 PM, Marcel Carey wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><div align="left"><br>One thing that comes to my mind is that what we see here in Northern America is probably very different that what you guys see in Europe. I think our climate conditions (at least here in Québec) are much harder on a soundboard that what it can be in Europe. It seems impossible for me to be able to say for sure if an old recrowned board will sound better than a new board. Unless someone is willing to recrown an old board, make recordings and then take it out to put in a new board.</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">We should be respectfull of all options available to us. </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Marcel Carey</div><div align="left">Sherbrooke, QC</div><div class="EC_Section1"></div><br><hr>Utilisez Windows Live Messenger pour envoyer des messages sur les cellulaires de vos amis<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.pc2mobile.ca/fr" target="_new">Plus de détails sur notre site PC@cellulaire</a></div></span></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Hi Marcel,</div><div><br></div><div>Recrowning an old board is exactly what I know about. I have the experience, so I know what the result is.</div><div>I have tried it all, together with my former business partner and with other technicians, and over quite a lot of years.</div><div>What I have to say about it, is that, in - my - experience, installing a new board always sounded <i>much better</i> than putting new ribs on an old board.</div><div>You know me, I know you, we are old hands in this business, we know what we are talking about.</div><div>So, in the end... give me a brand new grand piano with a good name.</div><div>Today I optimized a brand new Steingraeber grand (I think 2.05 meter).</div><div>Lovely! what an instrument!</div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; ">friendly greetings<br>from<br>André Oorebeek<br><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; ">Antoni van Leeuwenhoekweg 15</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; ">1401 VW, Bussum</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; ">the Netherlands</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; ">tel :    +31 35 6975840</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; ">gsm : +31 652 388008</span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; "><br>"where Music is, no harm can be"</span></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>