<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>           I should know this, but I forgot; approxamately (ballpark) how many tons of tension is on a harp plate when the piano is tuned to A440? Does this tension increase per size of piano? In other words, is there more tension on a 9 foot concert grand than a spinet? Also, on grands, do plate nose blots ever loosen, that a tuner would ever have to tighten them?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks in advance,</DIV> <DIV>Julia Gottshall,</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV></BODY></HTML>