<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT COLOR="#000040" SIZE=2 FAMILY=
="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">In a message dated 8/18/2003 =
9:53:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, fordpiano@earthlink.net writes:<BR>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="A=
rial" LANG="0">>>I can't recall the name of all but one was a 1910 B=
ecker. In all cases <BR>
>>when the strings were off the boards the salad bowl effect rem=
ained.<BR>
It <BR>
>>wasn't the result of too much bearing . These boards were obviously =
in <BR>
>>tension as they had positive bearing but none had significant damage=
.<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> Dale E<BR>
<BR>
Dale,<BR>
<BR>
Did you replace the boards on any of these with something similar?<BR>
<BR>
Phil Ford <BR>
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FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"> &nbs=
p; Phil<BR>
No .None was da=
maged in any significant way that would require replacement and all ex=
cellent (better than most boards) sustain but perhaps not quite as muc=
h punch but, it was really hard to tell the difference.<BR>
Dale</FONT></HTML>