<!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 17, 2003 11:56 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Soundboard = crown</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>  <P>Delwin D Fandrich wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> </BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#000080>Yes, = I see what you mean. I don't see how, in anything remotely resembling average = climate conditions, you would generate enough tension to cause the thing to = crack. Assuming the panel was at some MC in the 7% to 9% range when it was ribbed.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <P><BR>Hi Del... would you put a figure on what you mean by "<FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#000080>average climate conditions</FONT><FONT color=#000000>" just for edification please ? = Thanks muchly.</FONT></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#000000></FONT></FONT> </P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT = color=#000000></FONT></FONT>  <P dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#000000>Poor = choice of words. Replace "average" with "typical" or "common." In other words, any = micro-climate that might be found inside a normal home in what is normally considered = to be normal civilization.</FONT></FONT> <P dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Del</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>