<div>Dave</div> <div> </div> <div>YES, YES YES, this part is very crucial. Without it, the plate will continually move forward, or towards the tail, and the piano will never stay in tune. <br> Put the part in place after you install the plate, but before you start stringing. If it doesn't stay in place while stringing, just put some masking take around it and the plate, until there is enough tension on the plate to hold it in place. <br> </div> <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 List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 4:31 pm<br> Subject: Re: Mystery part<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_9b54d441-397c-4880-97e6-6b0255100fe2> <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></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>