<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </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=pianotec@ihug.co.nz = href="mailto:pianotec@ihug.co.nz">Stephen Powell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> May 24, 2001 4:54 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Tenor tubbies</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2><FONT size=2>Question: Do you = see any problems with drilling the plate for additional hitchpins while the piano is = strung and at pitch?  <HR> </FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Slide something under the plate where = you'll be drilling. When the bit breaks through the bottom of the plate it's = pretty easy to punch a hole right through the soundboard.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>-- ddf</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>