<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> Hi Dale, Nope.. you got it right. I got so many things going on right now I just wrote 5 % without double checking. Sorry bout that :)  He didnt say how long they've been doing things this way. In anycase.. this should be as straight a skinny as we can expect to get. So ... in the interests of providing a common basis for the whole subject matter...why dont we use this figure in our calculations. Would be interesting in light of David Porritts posting to find out if there was a change from 4.5 % to 5.5 % right after that episode. ----------- Erwinspiano@aol.com wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE> In a message dated 10/13/2003 11:57:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no writes: <blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid">John Patton writes 5 % for Steinway panels. I can copy to the list  his reply to me if you wish.</blockquote> </blockquote>   OK I got it wrong. It was you who posted recently & I thought you said 5.5%EMC. Yes Please do forward the response> Dale      RE: Steinway Ribs    Date:  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:42:59 -0400    From: "Patton, John" <JPatton@steinway.com>    To:"Richard Brekne" <rbrekne@broadpark.no>   Hi Richard.  Sorry about the difficulty you are having there, but I do appreciate your support of Steinway.  The ribs are flat  and pressed into a curved caul.  However, the panel is dried to 5.5%.  Hope that clears it up. Best regards, John   Cheers RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <A HREF="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A>   </body> </html>