<!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 6.00.2900.3157" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Just curious, do you know that the intent was to <EM>improve</EM> the plate? If so, how - what was the design change trying to affect? Or was the change aimed at lowering the cost of the plate?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</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"> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think a well respected piano man many of us know designed that model, or had much to do with it,.  We sold a few of them at my store in the 70's. It was introduced at a NAMM show as a revolutionary idea. It was an attempt to improve not only the plate, but the oversized soundboard.  We still have good people who can think "outside the box", and they give us some great products.  I still have high regards for this man even though this model has had failures.  But he is still held with respect within PTG, and is important to the industry.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carlos Ralon, RPT</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>