<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2730.1700" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>   <F= ONT size=4>Thanks Ric It clears it up!.</DI= V> <DIV>  = Dale</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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 th= is 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 subj= ect matter...why dont we use this figure in our calculations. </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> Would be interesting in light of David Porrit= ts 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 dat= ed 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 p= anels. 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  &nbs= p; Date:  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:42:59 -0400    From: "Patto= n, John" <JPatton@steinway.com>    To:"Richard Brekne" &= lt;rbrekne@broadpark.no>   Hi Richard.  Sorry about the difficulty = you are having there, but I do appreciate your support of Steinway.  Th= e ribs are flat  and pressed into a curved caul.  However, the= panel is dried to 5.5%.  Hope that clears it up. Best regards, Joh= n   Cheers RicB -- </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HT= ML>