<!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 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">Julia,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">Here are some samples (you'll have to add up the totals):</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"><A href="http://www.goptools.com/gallery.htm">http://www.goptools.com/gallery.htm</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">--Cy--</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=KeyKat88@aol.com href="mailto:KeyKat88@aol.com">KeyKat88@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 18, 2006 9:56 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> how many pounds of tension on a piano's plate</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Greetings, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>         How many pounds of tension are on a piano's plate? Does this cumulative tension vary with the size of the piano?  Me thinks it does.  What would approximate tension ranges be, for say, spinets, uprights and 6' grands?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks</DIV> <DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>