<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@aol.com = href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> May 07, 2003 8:38 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: That dadgumed = short SD-10</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 5/7/03 10:18:58 AM Central = Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:edoss@utm.edu">edoss@utm.edu</A> writes:</FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <DIV><BR> </DIV> <DIV></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" = face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Elwood<BR><BR>You cannot = eliminate the bow in the truck. I tried what you whant to do on the truck in the = concert hall, and it didn't solve the problem. Besides, 1 1/4" is a lot. I = don't think the keybed height can be attributed to the bowed truck. I think the = Baldwin probably had larger casters when it was new, that made the keybed = higher. But maybe Baldwin's are lower than Steinways. I don't = know.<BR></FONT></DIV><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">It may have = had....but, if memory serves, a distance of 28" from the floor to the tops of the = keys was the design standard for these pianos. I don't ever recall measuring one = but do recall being told this during a meeting of the engineering staff.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Del</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>