<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </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=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</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> September 23, 2002 9:31 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Hammers and = scale</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Del:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Do you mean you don't thin them along the treble = edge at the rim or at the front?  As you have recently written, the board can = be stiffened with an application of epoxy.  Can you also stiffen the = board by, say, adding some quarter round segments along the underside edge = of the board at the rim--to undo the thinning?  Or by adding a = piece of wood at the front edge in the first capo section much like is done in = the top most section?  That would require modifying the damper guide rail = a bit but that wouldn't be too hard.  Are there other methods of = stiffening the board in that section that you have</FONT><FONT size=3> tried and = had any success with.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>David Love</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=3></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080>I've not found any of that to be = necessary. I do not thin the board anywhere from the front edge back about 1/3 to 1/2 = of the way toward the bass. I accomplish the rest of what I'm after by ribbing = and by grain orientation. Stiff enough is stiff enough.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>