<!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 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello List and Ron Overs</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am very glad I posted the "anti" = laminated view - if only to get such an interesting rtesponse as yours. I feel your post = has cleared the air for many readers. As for ABS action parts - that's a = splendid notion. I reckon that if the material had been available to Lindner = they'd have used it instead of plastic and they'd probably be still in business = today. I wonder how ABS reacts to the various approaches to wooden action = problems such as steam reduction of centre-pin hole enlargement.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As for remodelling Strads - the neck = has to be longer and at a different angle to the body in order to reach those = higher notes written for the violin than in Stradivarius' time. I believe in his = will, Albert Sandler requested that his Strad be buried along with him. What a = waste..... </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron, is your new patent-applied-for = grand action, I enthused over in November last, built with ABS materials? What is = it like to work with - and do cutting edges get blunted quickly?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G (UK) Wet and Soggy Sussex..</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>