Was this perhaps a player at one time? I have a Mason-Hamlin A in my shop that was a player and has a similar phenomenon. One of the nose bolts (in this case a screw) is screwed to a stub of a nose bolt shaped thing which extends down below the hole in the soundboard, so that from above the arrangement looks just like a normal A. When I took out the plate I didn't think to look underneath first and I just started to take out the screw in the time tested fashion (with a screwdriver). It kept turning and was not coming out. After some time I realized that something was amiss. I thought at first that the screw was stripped. But when I looked underneath I was surprised to see that there was no beam in this location and there was just a little stub hanging out in the breeze. The beam configuration on the player is different than on the normal A, to accomodate the player mechanism. I imagine to keep costs down they wanted to use the same plates and soundboards on all pianos, players and non players, so they came up with these virtual nosebolts. Phil --- Phillip Ford Piano Service & Restoration 1777 Yosemite Ave San Francisco, CA 94124 On Thu, 06 Sep 2001 23:09:54 Ron Nossaman wrote: >>>I would like to attach all the nose bolts to a beam, since I am sure in >>original design of the piano they were there. I will gladly remove and >>change the one original beam if it doesn't fit the new configuration. > >So how do you suppose it got to the present condition of noseboltus >nonsupportus? >> >>Andrew Remillard Get 250 color business cards for FREE! http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/
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