---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 5/21/2005 2:24:03 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: considerable amount. The dowels are all cut pretty evenly around the > perimeter. The plate just warped. My understanding is that during > certain periods at Steinway, plate warping was more of a problem that at > others. David I'm Not convinced the plate is warped. But the the dowells were arranged short to pull the plate down significantly. The question is why. With the plate installed over a new board but with out dowells, imaginne the plate screwed to the block & the very last plate boss sitting on the board in the tail. This is the only places that are touching so there's kind of a triangulation in this scenario that I find common. Even with the usual very short dowell at this location I rarely find the others this short until it comes to the treble. I think they simply wanted the plate to sit at a very low & constant elevation instead of allowing the bridge thickness to rise & fall to match the plate. SO they pulled it down Dale ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/fa/fb/f2/5b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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