<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"></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>  Dave</DIV> <DIV>  I was going to send a picture but Del beat me to it.  We took a little Knabe apart Friday & it had one.....just like this picture. </DIV> <DIV>         By the way..with the front lip of the plate buried under the top of the stretcher 1.2" how'd ya git er out with those tall nose bolts in front messing things up. I'll tell....maybe ....... but you first.</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</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 dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=531545800-14102007>It's a plate stress coupler:</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><IMG SRC="cid:X.MA1.1192324335@aol.com" height=213 hspace=12 width=160 align=left DATASIZE="6027" v:shapes="_x0000_s1026" ID="MA1.1192324335" ></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=531545800-14102007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Dave Smith<BR><B>Sent:</B> October 13, 2007 5:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Mystery part<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The part is metal.  It fell into the keybed and bounced, so dont know where it came from exactly. Thanks for the ideas, I will inspect more closely now.  Dave</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's new at <A title="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" href="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" target="_blank">AOL.com</A> and <A title="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" href="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" target="_blank">Make AOL Your Homepage</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>