<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>Ric,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'd love to see more, and I'm interested in that sn/date too!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bill Shull</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 12/25/2006 5:29:03 AM Pacific Standard Time, ricb@pianostemmer.no writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Hi Bill<BR><BR>Not really flat strung.  The transition bridge is much higher then the <BR>bass bridge. 3 string planes.  I will go back and take a few more pics <BR>with my regular camera to show the whole thing better.  Julius <BR>Bluthner... dont know the date. Length was around 185 but I didnt <BR>measure. I was just there for a few minutes to fix a small pedal <BR>problem.  But I <<had>> to take a peek inside.  More later on this one.<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB<BR><BR>    Hears one for you all.... Ran into this a couple weeks back... sorry<BR>    bout the foto quality,  taken with my Nokia N70 cellphone.  Notice the<BR>    placement of the transition bridge.<BR><BR>    Cheers<BR>    RicB<BR>    Richard,<BR><BR>        It's flatstrung and has a long plate rib/strut paralleling the<BR>        long bridge<BR>        like an early Steinway (early 1870s), do you mind sharing the<BR>        piano make and<BR>        length?<BR><BR>        Bill Shull</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>