<!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 6.00.6000.16414" 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>I'm not talking about a hammer breaking off (when a grand action is pulled out) because the hammer head is too high, thereby getting broken off by the pin block. I always check for clearance, as we all do, before pulling a grand action. I'm talking about the part of the plate that runs perpendicular to the pin block, and too close for comfort to the hammers at the treble break. The bottom of the plate extends down, below string level.</DIV> <DIV>Can you picture it now?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jesse Gitnik  NYC</DIV> <DIV>Since 1980</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>