<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body> Delwin D Fandrich wrote: <blockquote cite="midNCBBLPIFHEMDJHENPLOACENGCHAA.fandrich@pianobuilders.com" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Please go back and read what I wrote about Baldwin's crowning technique. And then put what I wrote above in its proper context. Del </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">I think I understood well enough both what you said and the context. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Apparently you did not. I originally said that Baldwin used a combination of light rib crown and light compression-crowning to achieve their final crown. It exhibits some of the characteristics of each. </pre> </blockquote> Well obviously I did then...since thats exactly what I understood you to say. Personally I see nothing in what little I wrote that could be construed otherwise... but just so. <blockquote cite="midNCBBLPIFHEMDJHENPLOACENGCHAA.fandrich@pianobuilders.com" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">It would seems to me that if ribs did nothing to support crown until they were flat.... indeed aid in the effort to flatten the panel... then incremental increase in panel stiffness for increase in downbearing would not be possible.. or what ? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Or what, indeed -- why must the world be either/or, neither/nor? </pre> </blockquote> Consistancy... for example ? <blockquote cite="midNCBBLPIFHEMDJHENPLOACENGCHAA.fandrich@pianobuilders.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> I don't know how gradual or abrupt the transition was. I wasn't testing for that. These were just observations made along the way. Personally, I have no trouble at all understanding why the transition region was incremental. Del </pre> </blockquote> Great !.. then it should be no problem explaining this to the rest of us. Cheers RicB </body> </html>