David Love wrote: > I can’t speak for Ron but sometimes I do and sometimes I don’t. >  It depends on the angle leaving the capo bar. For example, on those > old B’s with the removable counterbearing plates (the ones that use > individual round understring felts) I often don’t change them because > the steepness of the angle leaving the capo bar is adequate for the > length. On other pianos where the angle is less acute I do and then > move the bar forward or make it taller depending on how the shelf > accommodates the new counterbearing bars. Also, I’ve changed the > counterbearing area on pianos where I’ve kept the original boards and > they still required the strike line modification. So I’d say > that’s not it, the counterbearing area doesn’t seem to account for > the difference. And how does this relate to the strike line? Ron N
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