<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Are you suggesting that plywood for a = soundboard is a bad thing? Or that the manufacturer in question doesn't = have the courage to use plywood for building soundboard panels?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</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=pianoman@accessus.net = href="mailto:pianoman@accessus.net">James Grebe</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> Monday, August 09, 2004 = 5:12 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: American = Craftsmen</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BUT , their soundboards are not plywood.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>James Grebe<BR>Piano-Forte Tuning = & Repair<BR>Artisan of Wood<BR><A href="http://www.JamesGrebe.com">WWW.JamesGrebe.com</A><BR>1526 = Raspberry Lane<BR>Arnold, MO 63010<BR>BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE!<BR><A = href="mailto:pianoman@accessus.net">pianoman@accessus.net</A></FONT></D= IV> <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=alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk href="mailto:alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk">Alan Forsyth</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> Monday, August 09, 2004 = 11:08 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> American = Craftsmen</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Ron N said;</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV>"I wonder too, if the pianos would have sounded better with the = stickers on <BR>the back. Ah well, we'll never know, and it's = probably the casters causing <BR>the problem anyway."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Well, Steinway like to cover their soundboards with = great big stickers!</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>anon</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>