<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <font id="role_document" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> <div><font size="3">Dale,<br>     The impression I am left with is that over time the laminated ribs maintain the sound it had when it left the shop, where the crowned spruce ribs, cut to the same or similar dimensions as those that were laminated, seem to loose a little dynamic range.  This is very much based on a small sampling of my work.  I still tune some of my first jobs where I cut the curve into the rib, and that is the impression I am left with.  Now to be fair, I hope that I do better work than I did then, or maybe the glue joint betwwen rib and board is better, I can't tell you why.  Maybe Del has tweaked his designs and now he is doing a better job.  Couldn't say.<br>     Steve Ganz<br> <br> <br> Hi Steve</font></div> <div><font size="3">   Perhaps you could quantify what <strong>those results</strong> were with the<strong> lam ribs</strong> over <strong>crown cut spruce ribs</strong> in words as best as one can. I found that switching  from sugar pine to spruce ribs made a qualatative tonal difference in the clarity & focus  of the tonal envelope.  I haven't had any trouble with my ribs either after they made the client happy. I think these are questions worth comparing notes on.  Shape,depth & width will also have a bearing .</font></div> <div><font size="3">   Dale Erwin</font></div> </font> </body> </html>