more on ribs and beam stuff

[Ron Nossaman]

>When designing a soundboard and rib set for a production piano, there
exists the
>luxury of sampling a number of pianos and fine tuning the rib dimensions
>accordingly.  When designing a soundboard and rib set for a piano being
>remanufactured on a one-time basis, things get a bit trickier.  The designing
>technician needs all the help he can get.
>

>Del
>

Amen, and it's still somewhat of a crap shoot.

 Ron