<!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 6.00.2900.2802" 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>Dale,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Oh, I can tell I'm going to learn something here.  = :-)   </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Not being an expert--actually, I am mostly a nothing when it comes = to soundboards, am I correct that this isn't so cool?  What would you = say the minimum is?  (In case I go out shopping for = soundboards.)   Could this have something to do with my complaints of a not = impressive sound?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I remember going to check the plate bolts on this piano and though = I am the gentle sort with the socket set, I heard this crunching sound.  = "Eek!  I guess I won't do that again...."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Barbara Richmond</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=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 03, 2006 = 9:31 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: v-bar/capo repair: = Seiler pictures 2</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  WOW on a different subject. Is the entire soundboard panel = constructed with spruce that is about 8 grains an inch? What's up = with that?</DIV> <DIV>  If so Holy Cats!!</DIV> <DIV>  DAle</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>0010:  View of the capo = (v-bar) from underneath</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>0016:  I'm horribly = embarrassed about this one.  I had a bad CA glue day.  I don't doubt that the = bridge could be a problem, but I'm not sure how if figures into the = symptoms (newly restrung--no noise, later--noise).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, = RPT </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(not feeling especially competent = right now)</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>