<!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 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>Terry, he seems to be restopring a very early Bluthner. In that = case, I would say preserving as much of the original substance as possible is = the priority. You don't want to turn it into a modern piano, but make it = sound the was it was supposed to in the 1850's.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Calin Tantareanu<BR>----------------------------------------------------<BR>&nb= sp;<A href="http://calin.1L.com">http://calin.1L.com</A><BR>-----------------= -----------------------------------</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 27, 2005 = 7:27 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Soundboard = Removal</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Are you trying to remove the soundboard to repair it? If you are = removing it, why not just replace it?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT id=role_document = face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTM= L>