<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Is this not an example of a bent piece of wood = (such as a bent rib) constantly trying to straighten out - even after many years?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</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">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianobuilders@olynet.com href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">Delwin D Fandrich</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 08, = 2003 11:14 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: RC vs CC = again</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">This may be off d path, but Frank Hubbard reports = an Italian harpsichord bentside straightened almost wholly in just one = day after release from it's case, and that cypress wood was 200+ years bent, and = very thin indeed. Sorry if this is not relevant<BR>Glenn C.</FONT><FONT = face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>It's certainly = relevant if you're the owner of the instrument in question. But, in terms of this discussion, no, it's a whole other issue.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>