<!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 List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>All the recent "Kimball" = discussion got me to thinking...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>A few years ago, a Kimball grand = came into our shop to be "reconditioned".  It was about a 5' 10" ? = or so, I don't remember exactly.  But it was a nice piano in a lot of ways.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>One of the places they 'cut corners' = was in the case, and supporting framework.  It was amazing to me to see that = there were absolutely no support beams.  It was completely open = underneath.  It was in my opinion one of the weakest points of the = construction.  It seemed to have a pretty nice action, a fair sound, and a nice looking case.  But I suspect it wouldn't be very stable.?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>My question for you is:  Have = any of you ever taken a piano like this and made the appropriate support beams and = fit them to the rim and belly rail?  I know it's beyond the scope of most, = but I had thought about doing it if I ever had the piano that might warrant that = kind of modification, whatever it might be.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Been down that road?  I'd like to hear your thoughts!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hope you're all having a great = day!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Brian Trout</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Quarryville, = Pa.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>