<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Mr, Snyders</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I certainly am greatful for the few = soundboard panel makers we have left.I was greatly impressed by Debby,s refreshing = attitude ,knowledge and communication skiils.Coupled with her personal passion to = create " High quality boards and "the finished product being a work of art" = blessed me .The fact that I sent back two with defects although ineffiecent was not = cause for me to not use them in the future.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What would be the min. or max. = acceptable width of individual pieces in any given soundbd. for your purposes and in your = opinion. I have seen a Swy. D this year with pieces 6 inches wide or more and many = in the 5 Inch range. The board survived without Major amounts of cracking( being = a 1912ish)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You may already know that Deby says = that N.H. is looking into a larger Panel sander/planer which would enable them to = make a wider panel.If true this would allow us to order panel with less concern = about which model a specific boards is cut for or if there are errors in the = grain angle a wider board can be turned to match the original thus avoiding = wasted time or sending the panel back.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    One last word .Many = years ago you both shared in a class that to be long term in our business we = should aim for the high end .I was listening and That  made a huge diffence in = my financial as well my personel well being and job satisfaction. Good = advice then still in effect.  The best     </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>