<!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>Del,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Not the end, just a name change.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is one subject that we all have a lot to learn about, we can = go by the experience of people like Andre and his new ribs on old boards, Stephen = Birkett and his restorations,you and your experiments etc.  It is a = practical field that takes a lot of time to show the results of what has happened but = not how it happens.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Many of us have our own results that we have learnt by trial and = error, and those of us who are hands on in rebuilding and attempting to and = improving pianos are relying there own results and on information of others in the = same line of work to further there own experiments.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Really appreciate you imput, don't always agree but until I can = prove otherwise I will not say anything because by saying something that I = can't prove (in my opinion) is like asking people to believe in flying = saucers.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tony</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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:pianobuilders@olynet.com" title=pianobuilders@olynet.com>Delwin D Fandrich</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> Sunday, June 10, 2001 = 5:43 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: soundboards = improving with age? The End!</DIV> <P dir=ltr> </P> <P dir=ltr><FONT color=#800080 size=2></FONT> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>