Ivers & Pond grand

[Bec and John]

Hi James,

I (and wife and daughter) was recently over at Cunningham piano and 
Rich showed us an old (late 1800s) Steinway they had rebuilt. Its 
pinblock and plate were slanted upward from the agraffes. He didn't say 
why they built it that way, but didn't mention it put extra pressure on 
the agraffes.

I don't have the answer, but maybe Rich does.

- John


> No,
> The pin portion of the plate slants back before the agraffes about 20%
> James Grebe