<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards from a Sunday afternoon where = the village church bells have just finished pealing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV><BR>Download = Photoshop(R) Album 2.0 Starter Edition free to create your own photo slideshows!<BR><A href="http://www.adobe.com/getstarteredition">http://www.adobe.com/gets= tarteredition</A></BODY></HTML>