---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi, It'd bother me too. I think I would turn the bolt out to meet the horn. There would be obvious stresses on the plate otherwise. At 07:45 PM 5/24/99 -0400, you wrote: >Greetings listees, > >I thought I looked at it closely. I swear the bolt was touching the horn >before I dropped the tension for restringing. Now there is a gap of about >3/16. I searched in vain for a wedge that I'm sure wasn't there in the first >place! This is an Adam Schaaf grand (made 1919). Tuning stability was good >before tension was dropped. > >Anyway, that gap is bothering me. I'd feel a whole lot better if there had >been a wedge that had fallen out. > >I can turn out the bolt to meet the horn, but should I? Visions of cracked >plate abound in brain. On the other hand, does the plate flex THAT much? >Would turning that bolt out CAUSE the plate to break under tension? > >Send help if you can. > >Best Wishes, >Mike Hoffman > Vince <mailto:vince@byu.edu> ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/9f/fb/fd/72/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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