<!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 6.00.6000.16544" 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>Del, Dale, you guys rock!  As one of my heroes said, I'd rather be lucky than smart.  We just yanked the plate out with an engine hoist.  I hope to be smarter soon.  But at least I kept the spare part to ponder later.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Phil Bondi and Terry Farrell have both contributed to my juvenile delinquency in SW FL.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>BTW, I suppose I just need to position the mystery part properly while lowering the plate and keeping all fingers out of harms way, meanwhile hoping the tall nose bolts are not bent.?  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I almost hate to ask the question, but is this brace a good idea in the first place?  At least for someone who is just trying to restore at least as good as the original.  Not yet to the point of improving on piano design perfection!?!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Smith </DIV> <DIV>SW FL<BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><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"> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>