Now here is an interesting thought

[RicB]

Terry

Oh, yeah... forgot... the steel I-beam ( I guess that was a poor 
description for it) is pictured in pics 2a, 3a, and 4a.  The flange that 
screws into the pinblock is L-shaped so it screws in on the underside 
and on the back edge.  The back edge does not have metal covering it 
like the leading edge does  (See pic 3a).  Pic 4 a clearly shows the 
hardwood used for the rim. ( and pretty much everywhere else in the 
piano except for the soundboard and just behind the belly rail you see 
the leading edge of in 4a.

I'm not 100 % up on my American terminology for things... having spent 
the last 25 years here... so correct any term usage needed :)

Cheers
RicB