<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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 height=213 hspace=12 src="cid:531545800@14102007-2750" width=160 align=left v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"></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></BODY></HTML>