<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=421072618-06072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Dave --</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=421072618-06072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=421072618-06072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Has this piano even lived in a recording studio, perhaps one with hardwood floors? They look like some kind of acoustical treatments. Have you asked the owner?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=421072618-06072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=421072618-06072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-- Geoff Sykes</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=421072618-06072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-- Assoc. Los Angeles</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=421072618-06072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=421072618-06072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Dave Smith<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 06, 2006 10:05 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Mystery thingees under piano<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm working on an old Geo Steck grand piano which has these strange sheet metal half-pipes installed underneath.  The  installation is obviously not original equipment, but was done neatly with custom formed sheet metal  installed with screws.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone want to venture a guess as to what the "installer" had in mind?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Smith</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SW FL</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>P.S.  This is not a puzzler snce I sure dont have  the answer.</FONT></DIV><BR> <P><FONT size=2>--<BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.9/382 - Release Date: 7/4/2006<BR></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>