<!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 bgColor=#ffffff> <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 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"><B>From:</B> <A title=wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com">Willem Blees</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 13, 2007 6:25 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Mystery part</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><WBR>Where on the keybed did you discover it?  What is the part made out of?  If it's metal of sorts, it might be what Dave said, the wedge between the plate and the bellyrail. But only if you can see what it attaches. <BR><BR> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu, HI<BR>Author of <BR>The Business of Piano Tuning<BR>available from Potter Press<BR>www.pianotuning.com</DIV><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Dave Smith <dsmith941@comcast.net><BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Sent: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 9:54 am<BR>Subject: Mystery part<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_3_5bdbfc14-20ec-4076-8c9b-5583387623ce> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's a mystery to me, but hopefully not to you.  This part fell into the keybed of a Knabe grand piano while I was removing the plate and soundboard.  Now that I am replacing the plate, I do wonder where this goes?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any help?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Smith</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SW FL</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></DIV><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_4_5bdbfc14-20ec-4076-8c9b-5583387623ce style="MARGIN: 10px"><A href="http://webmail.aol.com/31361/aol/en-us/Mail/get-attachment.aspx?uid=1.18137271&folder=New+Mail&partId=4" target=_blank>[Image Removed] <BR></A></DIV> <DIV class=AOLPromoFooter> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free <A href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000970" target=_blank>AOL Mail</A>!<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>