> The actual soundboard liner (still attached to the soundboard) was > attached only to the pads you see standing up on the ledge. So much for the buttressed arch concept of crown retention. This is probably one of the only soundboards you've ever gotten out intact. Is the ribbing pretty conventional? Maybe 12, wider than tall? >More like about 3/8" of iron -- but who's counting.... My Bradbury grand had a setup like this. Plate webbing drilled just barely larger than the pins at the surface (about 3mm deep), and counterbored (cast, actually) a bit larger on down to the block. The only one I've seen like that. Ron N
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