<!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 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV><FONT size=3>I wrote:<BR>If the panel has an "S"-shaped cross = section, it is likely toast. That piano <BR>will likely have bearing on one side of = the bridge and negative bearing on <BR>the other - or something approaching that.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Dale Erwin responded:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial = color=#000000 size=2><FONT size=3>I once bought A Steinway Long A that had great = crown in the bottom end & reverse crown in the top. Never seen that since.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>And now I am responding:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>I've got a 1900 Bechstein A1 grand in my shop right = now that will get a new belly someday. I has a very impressive "S" cross = sectioned soundboard. I don't know that I have ever heard a piano with thinner = tone either! I think each string touches the bridge at only one point = (adjacent to its rear bridge pin).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>P.S. Gotta go fire up that turkey fryer - hmmmm, mmmmm, good!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Happy Thanksgiving to all.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Anyone catch that little report on CNN about turkey frying and = burned-down apartments and homes, etc.? Yikes!<FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>