<html>  <head></head> <body>  <DIV></DIV> <P>Dale, great stuff, I'll keep you posted.</P> <P>RU/UP<BR></P> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message from Erwinspiano@aol.com: -------------- <BR><BR> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> Hi Ric</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>    This is not a C but a style 1 or 2 with the S shaped metal soundboard cutoff in the bass corner & aggraffes all the way to the top of the trebles ...Right? some of these were designed to be tuned at a much higher tension during the pitch wars of the late  1800s.   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   I re-bellied one built in 1871 & the original string scale was built for A-458. You need to find out if the rebuilder rescaled for A-440 to answer the question you have asked. At A-440 the scale designed for higher tension will not speak properly but sound dull & lifeless especially in the top 2 agraffe sections  Ask me how I know.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Measure some string lengths  & th'er corresponding string sizes , At various locations & run them thru a scale design program & see what the tension read out is. If the tensions aren't up round 150 to 60 then something is wrong. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Best</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Hi List,</DIV> <DIV>New client has a Steinway C . Rebuilt; nice job on strings, original repaired soundboard and bridges, damper job not so great. Dampers falling off lifting uneven etc. </DIV> <DIV>Can this piano be tuned to a-440? it is about 100 cents flat now. I noticed an unusual curved piece of metal attached to the soundboard at the bass side near the pin block. Can anyone elaborate on it?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano </DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>  </body> </html>