<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> Dale Wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000>Well&= nbsp;all I know  is that in many of the older designs I hear the most susta= in & musical life in are from these old boards. You explain it to me= please. Yes,  They were probably compression crowned. I don't  k= now if the ribs were crowned  except perhaps a little on the Ludwig. I haven't even checked the crown. But I will & report after I take the strings off. Fair enough.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  I write this</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  By the way I did measure slightly reverse crown o= n the Ludwig board. Go figure. The Elburn had about 2 mm max. Now the board  could be pushed flat with bearing or just flat with no bearing. In either case one really can't tell Much for certain sure till the str= ings come off.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Gordon , You were correct the piano is a full 5 f= t wide & 4 whole inches wider than a Stwy M. Big board small piano. It is only = 44 inches tall.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML= >