<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
BORDER-LEFT: #000080 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=Erwinspiano@AOL.COM
href="mailto:Erwinspiano@AOL.COM">Erwinspiano@AOL.COM</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> December 04, 2001 12:48 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Soundboard grain =
angle</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>
<BR> Del
<BR><BR> Just for the record when any of us refer to =
grain
angle in a soundboard could we specify where it is we are measuring =
that from
so all can be clear as to intended meaning
<BR> I.E. I always measure off the
spine. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT =
size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2> If =
your talking
60 degrees off the belly and not the spine that translates into =
something
close to 40 or 45 degrees measures off the spine if I,m thinking =
straight.
<BR> Would you mind clarifying
<BR> Thanks
--Dale </FONT> </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Dale,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Off the spine? What do you mean by =
the
'spine?'</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>I measure off the stretcher (which =
is not always
parallel to the bellyrail) from the left, or bass, side. That is, my =
60º is 30º
off perpendicular to the stretcher. It may or may not be 30º off the
bellyrail.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Del</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>