<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> I think the bore distance on all the hammers is the same, but the shank length is different, possibly for tonal reasons. Not an elegant design in any case.<br> <br> Tom Cole<br> <br> alan forsyth wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid001501c67529$5c76b430$0100007f@Aspire"> <meta http-equiv="Context-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <div><strong> Why would they use an overstrung type action in a straight strung piano? There is no need for the bass section hammers to be out of line with the treble. </strong></div> <div><strong> </strong> </div> <div><img alt="" src="cid:part1.04060609.07080307@cruzio.com"></div> <div><strong> </strong> </div> <div><strong> AF </strong></div> <blockquote> <div>----- Original Message ----- </div> <div><b>From:</b> <a title="tomtuner@verizon.net" href="mailto:tomtuner@verizon.net">TOM DRISCOLL</a> </div> <div><b>To:</b> <a title="files@ptg.org" href="mailto:files@ptg.org">files@ptg.org</a> </div> <div><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 11, 2006 2:46 PM</div> <div><b>Subject:</b> [Files] Fw: 6 pictures for you</div> <div><br> </div> <div> List, </div> <div> Wing and son upright piano from around 1930 as best as I can tell. </div> <div> Flat strung with this unusual strut behind the soundboard. </div> <div> This piano is 200 cents flat and I don't know what to do ! </div> <div> I'm a pull it up to pitch guy,but this one makes me nervous.Thoughts? </div> <div> </div> <div> Tom Driscoll RPT </div> <div> P.S. "Sostenuto Al Bel Canto" --from Babelfish online translation means </div> <div> "Supported to the beautiful song" </div> <div><br> </div> </blockquote> </blockquote> </body> </html>