<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'> <div class="envelope" align="left" style="float: none;"><img src="cid:tie_8CF9D7F6A2A3EEC_1B20_3991F" width="275" id="TIE.302925" style="margin: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" alt="Julius Bauer belly rail crown.jpg" class="AOLInlineImage" title="Julius Bauer belly rail crown.jpg"></div> <font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Jim</font> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"> Something<font size="2"> like this then? 5ft 8 Julius Bauer.  It is very intentionally double crowned... as its called. FWIW...this turned out to be a big sounding parlor sized piano. Trixs cousin bought it so I still get to visit. ;)</font></font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><font size="2">   If memory serves there was a 15 mm crown along the belly rail. Click on the attachment for a better </font></font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">view</font><br> <br> <div style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; clear: both;"><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.</font></font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><font size="1"><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br> <br> </font></tt></tt></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;"> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_e99e36e9-8e40-4b99-912d-643ad7a01276" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt><tt style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.600000381469727px; white-space: normal;"><tt><font color="darkgreen"> </font></tt></tt><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">David,</span> No we're not talking about the same thing. <b> <font color="#dc143c"> Viewed from the front of the bellyrail, there is a crown, meaning the bellyrail bows upwards forming a crown. In this small piano there is a full 11mm difference between the height of the bellyrail at the center and the height at the ends.</font></b> The same with the curved side and on this one, the back of the long side as well. If you could see through the outer rim to the top surface of the inner rim, these portions also are somewhat serpentine. They, are not in a flat plane, helping to create what has been referred to as the" the most important crown in the piano", ie the "crown along the length of the long bridge. I don't agree with this obviously shaping, but that's the condition I'm referring to. Jim Ialeggio -- Jim Ialeggio <a href="mailto:jim@grandpianosolutions.com" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">jim@grandpianosolutions.com</a> 978 425-9026 Shirley Center, MA </tt></pre> </div>  </div> </div> </font>