<HTML>In a message dated 3/26/03 11:27:28 PM !!!First Boot!!= !, kswafford@earthlink.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I'm working on a B; nothing is = gonna be easy on this piano, it seems. The problem at hand: I have the piano de-strung. I would like to remove the "removable" cross strut from the plate, </BLOCKQUOTE> Kent Why would you want to remove the cross strut? I have never removed one, even= with the plate out of the piano, and it needing to be refinished. Wim </HTML>