<!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 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com" = title=pianotuna@yahoo.com>Don</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 19, 2001 = 9:46 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: piano/violin</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hi Dave.<BR><BR>I have been away and so could not get my mail. Violins<BR>have a *spruce* top and a *maple* back. Other woods<BR>have = been used sometimes. But the top plate is always<BR>a soft = wood.<BR><BR>Sorry to nit pick.<BR><BR>Downbearing on a fiddle is about 1/2 total tension = or<BR>40 lbs.<BR>--- Dave Nereson <<A = href="mailto:dnereson@dimensional.com">dnereson@dimensional.com</A>>= wrote:<BR> I<BR>> agree that there the similarities end, since = the<BR>> violin top is carved from<BR>> hardwood whereas the = piano soundboard is "boards"<BR>> butted together side by<BR>> side, = glued, then arched, or made convex.<BR><BR>Dave Nereson, RPT, = cellist,<BR>> pianist, nit-picker<BR><BR><BR>=====<BR>Regards,<BR>Don = Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.<BR><BR>Tuner for the Saskatchewan = Centre of the Arts<BR><BR><A href="mailto:drose@dlcwest.com">mailto:drose@dlcwest.com</A><BR><A = href="http://donrose.xoasis.com/">http://donrose.xoasis.com/</A><BR><BR= >__________________________________________________<BR>Do You Yahoo!?<BR>Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and = more.<BR><A href="http://buzz.yahoo.com/">http://buzz.yahoo.com/</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks Don.  Of course.  My = mistake.  As a cellist, I know full well the top is spruce, and the back is = maple.  Just didn't proofread.  Didn't know the downbearing force, = however.  --Dave Nereson<BR></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>