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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> <FONT color=#000080><FONT
size=-1>Dale,</FONT></FONT> <FONT color=#000080><FONT =
size=-1>Off the
spine? What do you mean by the 'spine?'</FONT></FONT> <FONT
color=#000080><FONT size=-1>I measure off the stretcher (which is =
not always
parallel to the bellyrail) from the left, or bass, side. That is, my =
60º is
30º off perpendicular to the stretcher. It may or may not be 30º =
off the
bellyrail.</FONT></FONT> <FONT color=#000080><FONT
size=-1>Del</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT><BR>Spine referes to the long =
side of the
grand methinks. Never ran into another way of measuring soundboard =
angle in
the literature I have run into, but then standard proceedures and =
terminology
dont seem to have a chance in the piano world it would seem. <BR> =
<BR>Richard Brekne </P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Yes. I finally got it. The =
spine is the
straight side. The long side. The bass side. The side opposite the =
treble
side--the anti-spine?</FONT>
<P dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080 size=2>You are right, there is no =
'standard'
procedure for specifying this. Hence Dales request that I specify. I =
said I
specify this relative to the stretcher. It would probably make more =
sense,
however, to specify relative to the bellyrail, but since most of my =
work is
in the computer it has simply been easier to click on the line and read =
the
number which is always relative to a vertical,horizontal x,y =
axis.</FONT>
<P dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Del</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>