What argument would there be for drying prior to installation? Has this become the "standard" because the "masters" did it that way back when it was a fact that the rim supported the crown? I suppose if you flat ribbed it and dried the bajeezers out of it, the rim just might help to hold a bit of crown - at least until it got off the showroom floor! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 11:12 PM Subject: Re: Soundboard Installation & MC > >If the rim does not support soundboard crown, then why dry the board down > >before installing it? > > > >Terry Farrell > > A reasonable point. Differentiating between drying the panel before > ribbing, and drying the assembly before installing, drying the assembly > before installing is arguably less critical. > > Ron N >
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