Newton Hunt wrote: > Not if the end support moves. (soundboard end that is). > Newton > > Ron Nossaman wrote: > > > Newton, > > > > The case has nothing to do with maintaining crown. The ribs maintain the > > crown, one way or another. ---------------------------------------------- Yup. Even then. You can demonstrate this for yourself by taking a pipe clamp -- the type that turns around so that you can exert force in an outward direction -- and positioning it so that you can spread the rim apart. This is fairly easy to do on pianos using 'select hardwood' rims. Whatever crown there was originally in the soundboard stays there. Del
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