<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  <STRONG><EM>Ron</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  It was me</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><U><STRONG>I recall someone mentioning</STRONG> this as a problem with using the looped eye in pianos which were set up for English eyes. When building a piano from scratch, or when the bridges are being recapped or replaced this isn't a problem.<STRONG> But certainly, it should be given consideration when setting the downbearing on instruments where the original bridge is being retained without lowering the plate.</STRONG></U></DIV> <DIV><U><BR><STRONG></STRONG></U></DIV> <DIV><U>Hope that makes sense.</U></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Ron O.</DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>-- </PRE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>