<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Richard Brekne<BR><B>Sent:</B> February 04, 2004 11:36 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Soundboard stiffening<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE = cite=midNCBBLPIFHEMDJHENPLOACENGCHAA.fandrich@pianobuilders.com type="cite"><PRE wrap="">I don't know how gradual or abrupt the = transition was. I wasn't testing for that. These were just observations made along the way. Personally, I = have no trouble at all understanding why the transition region was incremental. Del </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>Great !.. then it should be no problem explaining this to the = rest of us.<BR><BR><SPAN class=671444220-04022004><FONT face="Comic Sans = MS" color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><SPAN class=671444220-04022004><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#0000ff>I have already done so.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=671444220-04022004></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=671444220-04022004><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>Del</FONT> </SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>