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[Greg Newell]

Michael,
         Put a piece of masking tape underneath it before your re-string 
the piano. The tension of the strings will hold it in place after the 
stringing is completed.

best,
Greg Newell



At 02:10 PM 7/31/2005, you wrote:
>Hello all
>This close-up shows a metal shim which fell out of a place between the 
>"dam" and the underside "nose" of the plate on my S&S 'A' . I stood it on 
>the soundboard near its normal location. I can only hazzard its use as 
>being intended to convey the pressure of the fully strung piano from the 
>web to the dam and sound board. Any other ideas? It is about 1/4" thick. 
>You can see the gap into which it fits. It was nor glued in place - should 
>it be? I doubt it as the glue would give a deadness and tend to be elastic 
>in situ.
>Now all the strings are off, the soundboard gives a healthy bass "thwummm" 
>of G# 0 @ A=431 when tapped with a fingers on the bass bridge. Having 
>vacuumed off all the debris of ninety years I am about to gently wash the 
>plate and soundboard with a damp cloth from a bowl of water with washing 
>up liquid in.
>Regards from a Sunday afternoon where the village church bells have just 
>finished pealing.
>Michael G.(UK)
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Greg Newell
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