<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>This is a photo of my new upright soundboard looking squarely at = the bottom of the piano. The bottom-most wood you see is the bottom timbers of the = frame. The next layer upwards you see is the very bottom edge of the soundboard panel (note the vertical grain orientation). The layer = above that is the edge of the loose-foot cut-out. The right end of the picture = is where the loose-foot cut-out terminates on the right side of the piano = and the left end of the picture is near the center of the loose-foot, showing = the maximum panel rise.The loose foot allows the panel to rise because it is = no longer tied down to the liner - and here you can see that the thing rose = almost the full thickness of the panel - about 7 mm in this area.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:001201c32935$618c5c60$abb42341@tampabay.rr.com" = align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Below is another view of the loose-foot cut-out (and yes, next time = if I want to cut a bevel in the groove I will use a router bit rather than a = chisel - hey, it's an upright and this area lies behind the plate!). The view is = looking from the right (treble) end of the soundboard panel across the bottom = edge of the soundboard toward the left side (bass) of the piano. I think you can = pretty easily see how much the panel rose from its glued-down position, and the = overall curvature of the panel in this area.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> <IMG alt="" = hspace=0 src="cid:001301c32935$618c5c60$abb42341@tampabay.rr.com" = align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV></BODY></HTML>