<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On Sep 21, 2007, at 12:26 PM, Paul T Williams wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><FONT size="2" face="sans-serif"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">To get a better idea of the age of the parts, when did Renner start using rep spring screw? </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>If my memory is correct, that has been an option on Renner "after-market Steinway-style" wipps for about 10 years. Something in that ballpark, at any rate. Never was used as original equipment by Steinway, when they did use Renner parts in the 80s. The screw adjustment came after Steinway was back to making their own parts, I'm almost certain.<BR><DIV><DIV>Regards,</DIV><DIV>Fred Sturm</DIV><DIV>University of New Mexico</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>