<!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 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>To elaborate -- since = it is nearly always possible to place the bridge load relatively close to the center = of the ribs I've simplified my process and simply use the relationship for a center-loaded beam of the shape that I use. (The exception being the = relatively high treble and what the ribs are doing up there doesn't matter all that = much anyway.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <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=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</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> October 02, 2003 12:31 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: RC vs CC = again</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>  <P>Just one more question on this.... how do you figure P when the = load is not at the center ?... <BR></P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>I = don't.</FONT> <P dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>