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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE-CH link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I’m writing in behalf of our Team to get some ideas about right storage for Bird Wings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We have a growing collection of bird wings that is, in my opinion, not very well stored. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We put them in translucent PE sleeves to keep all parts together. The problem is that this way the whole feather rows get flattened. As a taxidermist it’s very sad to see hours of work trying to get the feathers nicely straighten, go lost due to this storage solution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Our new plan would be to place them with the inner side down and use cardboard straps (acid free) to pin them on a PE foam block. This way the feather patterns on the wings don’t get flattened and still have all parts together.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>What other options do you recommend? Any better solutions or ideas?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I’ll attach some pictures so you can get an idea of our problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>*******************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><img width=151 height=82 id="Grafik_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.png@01D46F94.53C26A00" alt=SNAGHTML220e470></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN</span></b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Bernastrasse 15, 3005 Bern<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Fabian Neisskenwirth<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Naturwissenschaftlicher Präparator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>+41 31 350 72 35<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>E-Mail: <a href="mailto:fabian.neisskenwirth@nmbe.ch"><span style='color:blue'>fabian.neisskenwirth@nmbe.ch</span></a><br>Telefon: ++41 (0) 31 350 72 35<br>Fax: ++41 (0)31 350 74 99<br>Web: <a href="http://www.nmbe.ch/"><span style='color:blue'>www.nmbe.ch</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:green;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>P </span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:green;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Bitte denken Sie an die Umwelt, bevor Sie dieses Mail drucken. </span></i><i><span lang=IT-CH style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:green;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Avon da stampar questa communicaziun patertgei vid igl ambient. 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