<!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 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 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=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> August 19, 2003 12:53 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Soundboard = crown</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>  <P>  <DIV>Grin... I've said it many times... you make a very convincing = case for RC boards and against CC boards. Too convincing if you get my meaning. In = the end it all adds up so very very well CC boards are rather obviously = insanity.... yet they still get produced and we never hear from their side. = Unsettling, and continues to become more unsettling as I slowly assimilate more and = more of this side of piano works. </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Well, I've = said it many times...I can only put the information out there. It is up to the gentle = reader to either accept it or not. </FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <P>Let me ask you something if I may.... would you say that the so = called << Steinway sound >> could be exactly preserved if they = made the move to RC boards ? </P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Yes. Though = I'm not sure why one would want to. Surely it would be desireable to improve the = sustain/power balance a bit through the killer octave. And, while we're at it, = how about....</FONT> <P dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080>Del</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>