<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 11/5/2003 11:05:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, Richard= .Brekne@grieg.uib.no writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Interestingly enough this the other C we have = is just a bit newer and<BR>doesnt carry nearly as well. The older is from 19= 87 and the newer from<BR>1992. Some of the grapevine hits I've had to the qu= estion about Steinway<BR>and how much they dry out their panels points to a = shift around this<BR>time period... from around 4 % MC to 5%. Totally unconf= irmed at this<BR>point, but its an interesting thought to connect the charac= teristic of<BR>carrying power to this.<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB</FONT></BLOCKQU= OTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040>   <FONT size= =4>Ric</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4>  Is the G= erman Steinway a CC board?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4>  Dale</FO= NT></DIV></BODY></HTML>