<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hi Clark,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>If you'll permit me to be a little = nosey...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>How much work did you estimate for this one?  = Complete rebuild?  Recondition?  Are you planning on a new board?  = Recap bridges?  Pinblock?  Much action work?  (Don't you hate = it when they've been "stylized"?! Yuck!!)  Refinish?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Wow, 5 ribs.  That's a few less than one would expect.  10 would be a lot closer to what I might expect to be reasonable.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>A few years back, I did a fair bit of shimming and = such... until I put in my first new soundboard.  Now I'm spoiled.  = That nice clean fresh look of a new soundboard with new bridges and new ribs... = kind of warms my heart to think about it.  And the sound... pardon my = waxing rhapsodic... (If I had to do a belly on one of these, I think I would = make some changes as to number and dimension of ribs.  But as to design and such,  I won't even try to give advice.  I'm just taking baby = steps myself.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I'm a little curious.  When you re-rib a board, = do you remove the board from the piano?  Or do you do it while the board = is still in the case?  The reason I ask is because I've never been able to = get a board out of a piano without pretty serious damage to the board.  I = don't take 'em out unless I'm replacing them.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>One last bit of nosiness... if I may be so bold as = to ask,  what general area did the estimate come in at??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I know, I know, ... questions, = questions.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I'm really curious!  :-)   Oh, I = thought of one more...(I don't think anyone's going to have a heart attack from the surprise...)  What part of the country are you from?  I don't = recall if I've heard.?  Since we've been talking about geographics and demographics.?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Brian Trout</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Quarryville, PA</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT size=2><A href="mailto:btrout@desupernet.net">btrout@desupernet.net</A></FONT></D= IV> <DIV><FONT size=2> </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>