> Just curious, do you know that the intent was to /improve/ the plate? If > so, how - what was the design change trying to affect? Or was the change > aimed at lowering the cost of the plate? > > Terry Farrell According to the brochure, it was done for tuning stability, precision (repeatability), and elimination of back posts to make the soundboard bigger. It also eliminated the thick tuning pin field webbing, so it's more like an open face block. Minimal flagpoling, and It made the piano lighter. All the intentions seem to have been good, but the farther out you go into unknown territory, the greater the odds that there will be unanticipated surprises. If it ain't one thing, it's two. Ron N
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