<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> November 24, 2002 6:20 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Belly rail crown - = Why???</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face="Times New Roman" size=2 FAMILY="SERIF">In a message dated 11/24/2002 5:54:52 PM = Pacific Standard Time, <A href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">pianobuilders@olynet.com</A> writes:<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff = 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">There is at least one Chinese manufacturer who has = been doing something like this for some time now -- not intentionally, = though, and not by design. They failed to cut the notches deep enough and left = the feathered rib ends too thick.</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080 size=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT">Del</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT = lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SERIF"></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>    </FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" = color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SERIF">  How did it sound to = you?<BR>     Dale</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SERIF"><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT lang=0 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=2 = FAMILY="SERIF"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 = size=3></FONT></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SERIF"></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=2 = FAMILY="SERIF"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>Pretty bad. But in = this case your question could not possibly be relevant. There were so many things = wrong with the whole piano line that it would have been impossible to identify = any part of the brassy, knarly, percussive, tinny, and generally obnoxious = sound as having been related to or being caused by any part of what was wrong.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=2 = FAMILY="SERIF"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 = size=3></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=2 = FAMILY="SERIF"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>Del</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3></FONT><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>