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<DIV><FONT size=3>Terry</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> <STRONG>All good stuff my friend. I love th=
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ha's! we learn most indelibly that way.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>The first time I did that was a MAJOR "Ahh-Ha" moment =
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<DIV><FONT size=3>On one belly on a very small grand we did we foun=
d that
we were not seeing the compression we were expecting after loading. So we
ended up planing some of the ribs down a tad and then
everything was fine. Had I not evaluated loaded crown deflection in this
manner, I might have produced a piano with a too-stiff soundboard (I suppo=
se
crown would have lasted for a couple hundred
years.....).</FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><STRONG> Probably</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>I'll bet I know what it is.</EM></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV> <STRONG>Approx half the pre strung/uncompressed value. Ie.=
total crown on longest rib is 10 mm reduces to 5 MM under load. Or if =
not
what are you shootin for?</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG> Dale</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>What?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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