Oh no, I understand. Obviously I'm the same way - one tends to always want to do the whole process in-house if one can! I find it heartening to see that so many more small shops are doing this kind of custom work now. I find it amazing the quality pianos that are coming out of small shops these days. You know, when Richard Petty and Mario Andretti wanted a new race car, they didn't go down to the local Chevy dealer - or even the local Ferrari dealer - they went to the small custom shop to have the car built that they wanted - a car that would out-perform anything from any factory..... IMHO, anything that is mass-produced, regardless of whether someone's hand actually touches it or not, is going to be significantly compromised because the goal is to sell as many units as possible - not to produce the highest-performance product possible - regardless of what spews out of their marketing department. Terry Farrell On Feb 20, 2010, at 2:30 PM, Mike Spalding wrote: > Terry, > > Yup, I do it a lot like how you showed us at NEECSO '08. Thanks > again! Don't take this as a reflection on your product quality - > the ribs you furnished us were absolutely first rate, and very > reasonably priced. It's just that that lately I find myself with > more time than money : >( > > Mike > > Terry Farrell wrote: >> Pretty cool looking laminated ribs there Mike! I presume you are >> making your own? Crud, another customer lost....... :-( >> >> I'm never going to give another lecture on how to build belly >> components! ;-) >> >> Terry Farrell >> >> On Feb 20, 2010, at 10:40 AM, Mike Spalding wrote: >> >>> Here's another approach. Seemed a logical way to get started, >>> since I already had built the deck for bridge capping. Sure, I'm >>> limited to one or two ribs at a time, but I can always find >>> something to do while the glue sets. >>> >>> <Soundboard 044.jpg> >> >>
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