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12:06:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, pianobuilders@olynet.com writes:<BR>
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rial" LANG="0">Subj: <B>Re: Soundboard crown </B><BR>
Date: 8/17/2003 12:06:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time<BR>
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<B>From:</B> <A HREF="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A><=
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<B>Sent:</B> August 16, 2003 9:29 AM<BR>
<B>Subject:</B> Re: Soundboard crown<BR>
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>>Phil-- My thought was that any wood will shrink over time especially=
quartered wood because of it's expansion contraction properties and actuall=
y that could take some time.</BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT COLOR=
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FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"> Dale</FON=
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FAMILY="SCRIPT" FACE="Comic Sans MS" LANG="0">Wood does not shrink on=
its own--at least not so you would notice--only as a result of changing env=
ironmental conditions, i.e., with changes in the MC of the wood. Kept in an =
temperature/humidity stable environment what would cause it to shrink?</FONT=
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Thanks.I wasn't very clear. I meant what you said. I said=
contraction and expansion properties but the inflection was under changing =
R.H. conditions.<BR>
Dale</FONT></HTML>