<!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 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I remember. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>He distributed documentation of his findings, including pictures. Unfortunately, I didn't keep any.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>He did lose his distributorship of Steinway, even although he was one of their biggest sellers in New England.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 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=dm.porritt@verizon.net href="mailto:dm.porritt@verizon.net">dm.porritt@verizon.net</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 13, 2003 4:17 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> re Soundboard Stresses /D.Porritt</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>  <P>"David M. Porritt" wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE">Only mildly related here, but does anyone know if Steinway made any changes to their crowning procedures as a result of the lawsuits filed by A. Michael's Piano Co. some 15 - 20 years ago?  Whatever you think of his methods, he did cause quite a stir.  Lots of pictures of compression ridges, cracks, loosed ribs -- and this on pianos still in the showroom.  Did Steinway make any procedural changes after this?  Does anyone else remember all this? <P>dave <BR>  <BR><A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"></A> </P></BLOCKQUOTE>Never heard this one, but being curious as to the story, the whole story, and nothing but the story :):) I would love to hear more detail about this one <P>RicB <P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>UiB, Bergen, Norway <BR><A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <BR><A href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <BR><A href="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A> <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>