<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>Yes, Steinway uprights from the 1860s to the mid-1880s have a significant plate/string plane cant also.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bill Shull</DIV> <DIV>La Sierra University</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/9/2007 4:37:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, fssturm@unm.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>On 4/9/07 11:01 AM, "Susan Kline" <skline@peak.org> wrote:<BR><BR>> At 05:13 AM 4/9/2007, you wrote:<BR>>> described efforts to design an upright with a forward leaning string<BR>>> plane which would accomplish this.  I don't know if it has been<BR>>> employed elsewhere, either before or since.<BR>> <BR>> I believe I saw something along this line in an old George Steck upright.<BR>> <BR>> Susan Kline <BR>> <BR>> <BR>Actually, I've seen it on several uprights of the 1880s and 90s. Steck,<BR>Chickering, I'm pretty sure Knabe and Steinway as well. A very definite cant<BR>to the plate and string plane. I love uprights of that era - full of careful<BR>attention to all sorts of details.<BR>Regards,<BR>Fred Sturm<BR>University of New Mexico</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's free at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>