<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>RE: Stwy B boards</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Why not just replace the faux cut off with a real cut off bar?</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Absolutely.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>The idea of the maple stick was to, perhaps, tie the ribs together to prevent oppositional movement in the bass corner and stiffen the assembly in that section.</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Probably so, but if that was the reason it is floored logic. The tied ribs will sink together, just as they would if there we no tie.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>  Wouldn't installing a real cut off bar both shorten those long ribs enough to stiffen them as well as place the bridge more in the middle of the board where it can function more efficiently?</blockquote> <div><br> Indeed.<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>  (Have we been down this road before :-))</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>David Love</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><a href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net" >davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</a></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>We have been down this road David, and I concur with your view. Sounds like its time for Dale to do a board with a real cut-off. Its structurally superior, and results in a smaller sound board area for the middle frequencies which is also more desirable. I'm sold on the idea and I'd be interested to hear Dale's report after doing such a modification.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Ron O.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY</b></font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><i>   </i></font><font color="#0000FF"><i>Grand Piano Manufacturers</i></font><font color="#000000"><br> _______________________</font></div> <div><font size="-2" color="#000000"><br> </font><font color="#000000">Web http://overspianos.com.au</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">mailto:info@overspianos.com.au<br> _______________________</font></div> </body> </html>