<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks Mike. Yes I modified the plate - I had to = grind a bit of the plate for long bridge clearance and I also ground off the = hitch-pin ridge because I converted to vertical hitch pins.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>The original long bridge and transition bridge = looked like the picture below - no hockey stick!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:01c201c4d249$dbc123d0$fbb62341@youro0kwkw9jwc" = align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=spalding48@earthlink.net href="mailto:spalding48@earthlink.net">Michael Spalding</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 22, 2004 = 7:36 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Spam Alert: Re: Wound Trichords</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Terry,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Good-looking woodwork!  Did you also modify the plate?  = I'm trying to figure out how the original long bridge could have = co-existed with the horizontal plate strut just below the trans. bridge.  No, = wait, I think I get it now.  The original long bridge hockey-stick used = to end just about where the trans. bridge is now, or maybe a tad lower, = right?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mike</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>