<!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 id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV><STRONG><EM> </EM></STRONG> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>I haven't looked at it for a while but the plate,board & block should come out as a unit.  </EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Yes, I see that it would. The plate has a flange all the way around its perimeter that butts up to, and is screwed into, the outer rim. The inner rim is attached to the inside of the plate rim flange.</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><STRONG><EM><SPAN class=328271218-14102006>You might check that again. If it's like my old 9' J. B., the soundboard is mounted to a separate "inner rim" that is fastened to the bottom of the plate. But the sides of this inner rim were spaced a bit from the lower flange of the plate. </SPAN></EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><STRONG><EM><SPAN class=328271218-14102006></SPAN></EM></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=328271218-14102006><FONT size=3>Perhaps my description wasn't clear, but yes, that's the way this one is - the inner rim is separate from the outer rim - although I really wasn't able to see how it was attached to anything.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=328271218-14102006><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=328271218-14102006><FONT size=3>But still, wouldn't the soundboard and inner rim come out with the plate (maybe after loostening the soundboard from the belly rail)?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><STRONG><EM><SPAN class=328271218-14102006></SPAN></EM></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><STRONG><EM><SPAN class=328271218-14102006>There were square headed bolts run into this rim which butted up against the plate flange. You could actually adjust soundboard crown by turning these bolts in or out.</SPAN></EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><STRONG><EM><SPAN class=328271218-14102006></SPAN></EM></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><STRONG><EM><SPAN class=328271218-14102006>Clever system and the only one I've ever seen in which soundboard crown can actually be adjusted. This despite the various claims floating around.</SPAN></EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><STRONG><EM><SPAN class=328271218-14102006></SPAN></EM></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=328271218-14102006><FONT size=3>Noooooooo! That's just too much! I didn't see that. I will definately take a much closer look next time I go out there. Sounds like an amazing setup. Seem like Bauer experimented maybe even more than Chickering! Didn't they know that the piano had already been perfected back in the 1880s in NY?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=328271218-14102006><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=328271218-14102006><FONT size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>