<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>Ron O. write</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color= =#000000 size=2>Possibly, the ribs on the bigger pianos are also <BR>quite heavy re= lative to their strength. The <BR>Imperial ribs are nominally 30mm wide by 23 mm <BR>high.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   Hi Ron .O</DIV> <DIV>  If the Bozy had ribs 30 high by 23 wide ,which, is reverse of th= e above, then perhaps a different tonal result at the higher dyanmic leve= ls would be more likely. Whadda ya think ?</DIV> <DIV>  My goodness this is a very flimsy rib for a massive piano but th= en this to me  would indicate a purely compression crowned board</DIV= > <DIV>   Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR><BR>One would expect their light spruce rims to limit <BR>sus= tain, and they probably do. But as David said, <BR>the heavier sound board of th= e Bös would seem to <BR>be one factor which is contributing to sustaining <BR>qualities. The Bös plate is also considerably <BR>heavier than the lightweight offerings from <BR>Yamaha and Steinway for example. I remain highly <BR>suspicious of the tonal negatives, which I <BR>believe light pl= ates bring to the mix.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>