How long did it stay together after it was first built? What was different between the original design and the "factory rebuilt" design? Ed Sutton > >The lack of a plate above the block allows the block on this model to flex >up. Look and see if the stretcher has already been warped upwards by the string >tension. I had the factory rebuild one of these and within a year the >stretcher was hitting the bottom of the music desk and pulling out of the ends of >the case. > If I were to do another one, I would try to find some way of putting some >steel in the front edge of the block to resist the upward bending. >Regards, > > > >Ed Foote RPT >http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html >www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html >
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