<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Well, I own a 1900 Bechstein with "interesting" = crown! It has an S-shaped soundboard (looking at a cross-section along a rib) - = positive crown on the back side of the long bridge and negative crown between the = belly rail and the long bridge. Nice thin sound - sounds like each note = has only one string.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>But we can fix that.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.farrellpiano.com"><FONT face=Arial>www.farrellpiano.com</FONT></A></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT = face=Arial size=2>> I don't know, have you ever seen an old Bechstein with = good crown?<BR>> <BR>> David Love<BR></FONT></BODY></HTML>