<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>In a message dated 10/5/2003 1:47:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time, draine@c= omcast.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>On Sunday, October 5, 2003, at 10:32  AM,= Bill Ballard wrote:<BR><BR>> At 11:59 AM +0200 10/5/03, Richard Brekne w= rote:<BR>>> Would you be doing your crown readings from on top of the = soundboard, <BR>>> or from underneath ?<BR>><BR>> The underside = is where it should be measured.<BR><BR>So can I infer from that statement th= at all tapering of soundboards is <BR>done on the top surface?<BR><BR>Patric= k Draine</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040> <FONT size=4>Pat= rick</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4> Yes you'v= e answered the $64.00 question correctly. Well almost. Clair Davies used to = do his on the bottom but I don't know why.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4>   Da= le</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>