<HTML>In a message dated 3/22/2002 6:07:55 AM Pacific Standard Time, ANRPiano@AOL.COM writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:Floating soundboard Date:3/22/2002 6:07:55 AM Pacific Standard Time From:<A HREF="mailto:ANRPiano@AOL.COM">ANRPiano@AOL.COM</A> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> Sent from the Internet               This is the design or redesign of a soundboard that has a sound board that is not attached to the rim at the tail end of the piano and usually as close to the bass bridge . The floated end allows less restriction of the soundboards movements and allows the Bass and low tenor tone to be cleaner truer and bigger sounding  with more sustain. It really is effective.</BLOCKQUOTE>         >>>>>>>Dale Erwin>>>>>>>>> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">List, I must have missed something a while back.  What is a floating soundboard? It seems to mentioned frequently in reference to the bass.  I was hoping I could eventually figure out what was meant but the synapses aren't making the right connections. Thanks, Andrew </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>