<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>From: "Ron Overs" <<A href="mailto:sec@overspianos.com.au">sec@overspianos.com.au</A>></DI= V> <DIV>Subject: Re: Killer Octave Question</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>SNIP</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>> Sure the long bridge will rotate backwards <BR>> on its = axis (from end to end) just slightly to accommodate the crown <BR>> of the = board, but it will be so minimal as to be insignificant.</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Brisk></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#800080>Please try and clarify the above statement. = Are you defining an axis going from the extreme treble end to the low tenor end = of the long bridge? Then are you speaking of the two ends rotating backwards to = meet the crowned board? I guess then one could speak of the killer octave = area (or thereabouts) rotating forward if the the two ends are considered as = reference points?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Brisk></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>> The <BR>> rib profile,  'stress in extreme fibre' = and paring profile is where <BR>> its at!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#800080>I'm trying to understand this statement. Rib = profile - OK, the shape/curve of the rib. Stress in extreme fibre - what is = that? Paring profile - totally lost on this one - what = is that?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#800080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#800080>Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#800080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#800080>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>