<!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 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hmmmmm. I had the assumption that a new = piano design incorporated a new design for a plate to compliment the rest = of the belly....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><EM>----- Original Message ----- = </EM></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <DIV><FONT face=arial size=2><EM>Looks like a gem Ron. Hard = maple beams, belly rail & rim - man, that's gotta be one heckuva solid = foundation! One question though. A fish, or treble cut-off, may be used to = reduce the area of soundboard in the treble area of an existing instrument. But = if designing and building a piano from scratch, and knowing of the = desired reduced-compared-to-traditional soundboard area in the treble, what = reason would there be to build the rim to traditional dimensions and add a = fish, rather than simply altering the shape of the rim during design & = building to reflect the desired smaller treble soundboard area - and = hence not needing a fish?</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>To accommodate the plate, I bet. New design or = not.<BR></DIV><FONT face=arial size=2></FONT> <DIV><EM><FONT face=arial size=2>The only reason I can think of = is "because pianos are supposed to look like that." And I suppose a rim adjusted = to reflect the smaller treble soundboard area would inspire too many questions?</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial size=2>Sorry. = Overactive mind......   :-?</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial = size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></EM></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Guy = </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>