<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080>Comments below:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV>> At 07:00 PM 12/18/2002, you wrote:<BR>> <BR>> =
>Greg,<BR>>
> It's definitely quartersawn. I don't =
think
it's a candidate for <BR>> > recapping for two reasons. The =
board is
dead flat across the bass bridge <BR>> > and lower tenor bridge =
(as
measured from the top and confirmed on the <BR>> > bottom).</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080>Why would a board that is flat across the =
bass bridge
and lower tenor bridge preclude recapping? I assume this was measured =
with
strings on and up to pitch?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>> > Also I have learned the piano was purchased by the =
client
new <BR>> > some 16 yrs ago. I have no intention of =
condemning this
piano. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080>Condem it. I'll give you $500 and the owner =
$500 PLUS
pay for shipping.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>> > It <BR>> > sounded ok before. Not =
spectacular
bass but I have heard much <BR>> > worse. I'm anticipating =
tight new
bridge pins are going to contribute to <BR>> > tonal improvement =
up
higher.<BR>> > I'm wondering about the =
bearing in
the bottom of the piano. How it <BR>> > was originally =
set.
Strung it showed a full 1.5 deg across the bass <BR>> > bridge and =
almost
nothing on the bottom two feet of the tenor <BR>> > bridge.(also =
no front
bearing in both of these locations) Is this what <BR>> > =
flattened
out the tail ? If I relieve some of the bearing across the =
<BR>> >
bass bridge will this improve the situation? I'm used to seeing =
older
<BR>> > pianos with little bearing on the bass bridge.
Opinions?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080>Perhaps all the more reason to =
recap???</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR>> ><BR>> >Steve Bellieu<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>