<!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 color=#000080 size=2></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> December 04, 2001 6:39 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Soundboard grain = angle</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2> Phil <BR>     I have'nt measured a piano yet that = had a belly rail and spine(straight side) at 90 degrees.The Stwy B is = something like 93 degrees or so. Most pianos measure 40 or 45 Degrees of the spine. = Usually one or the other .To me it's just less numbers to remember.  The = lower the number  of degrees (40 or less) the longer  the long = grain is in the panel. <BR> Dale</FONT> </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is typical, though there seems to = be no good reason for it. It just complicates the building process. I see no reason = to follow this particular tradition.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Del</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>