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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com
href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV>
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title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> October 13, 2003 8:27 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: soundboard =
stresses</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 10/13/2003 6:32:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, =
<A
href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> =
writes:</DIV>
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Ron</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040
size=3><STRONG> I don't know & ...I =
don't know
but I thought I just read on this list recently that John Patton Of =
S&S
is now stating that their boards are now being pressed at 5.5% EMC. =
To me
this would yield a fairly amount of crown in the rehydrated panel. =
To
achieve this level for sure takes a well set up box =
& regular
monitoring.</STRONG></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040> <FONT =
size=4>I meant to
say "yield a fairly small amount of crown."
Duh!--Dale</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>But =
pressed into
curved cauls. The effect on the soundboard panel is the same as if it =
were
pressed at a somewhat lower MC.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080
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