Broken Plate

[Ron Nossaman]

> Just curious, do you know that the intent was to /improve/ the plate? If 
> so, how - what was the design change trying to affect? Or was the change 
> aimed at lowering the cost of the plate?
>  
> Terry Farrell

According to the brochure, it was done for tuning stability, 
precision (repeatability), and elimination of back posts to 
make the soundboard bigger. It also eliminated the thick 
tuning pin field webbing, so it's more like an open face 
block. Minimal flagpoling, and It made the piano lighter.

All the intentions seem to have been good, but the farther out 
you go into unknown territory, the greater the odds that there 
will be unanticipated surprises.

If it ain't one thing, it's two.
Ron N