Crowned Ribs on M&H?

[Ron Nossaman]

>John
>           I was at Mason & Hamlin 3 years ago and recieved a tour from 
> Kirk Burgett. I won't swear to it but I believe he spoke about the ribs 
> having several different radii. I saw the same racks but didn't stop to 
> look specifically at the ribs or the crown alleged. I haven't torn down 
> any Mason yet with crowned ribs either but then again it seems I'm the 
> only one who has seen a half dozen reverse crown executions in various 
> makes. Odd thing are out so there maybe Del stumbled on the only two 
> crowned rib experiments these companys ever produced.
>     Dale

The M&H folks that show up at the conventions say the ribs are crowned, 
progressively tighter in the treble. But then M&H says the tension 
resonator is a crown retention device too...

I don't understand why a simple concept like continuity is so hard to find 
in practice.

Ron N