<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Nope and nope. The ribs are laminated and they = are not glued down - just marked for tapering (only the forward three have been tapered). </FONT><FONT face=Arial>If you look close, you might be = able to see the laminations at the taper.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV></FONT></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=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</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> Thursday, June 03, 2004 = 10:24 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Shaping Ribs</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Terry:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Have you given up laminated ribs?  And, are those ribs = already glued down?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A = href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n= et</A></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>