I had forgotten about the hole through the brace. Your idea should work. <div style="CLEAR: both"> Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, HI Author of The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com</div> -----Original Message----- From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@luther.edu> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 1:12 am Subject: Re: Mystery part <div id=AOLMsgPart_0_0b6f9a66-841e-42c7-ae83-c78299d5f628 style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff">At 22:12 10/13/2007, you wrote:  >Dave  >  >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.  >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.  >Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT  >Piano Tuner/Technician  >Honolulu, HI  >Author of  >The Business of Piano Tuning  >available from Potter Press  ><A href="http://www.pianotuning.com/" target=_blank>www.pianotuning.com</A>    I don't see a problem keeping it in place during stringing. It looks like there is a hole through it. A string through the hole and looped up ovet the strut of the plate should keep it positioned until the string tension does the job. Then just snip the string.    I'm probably missing something, however. It can't be that easy...      Conrad Hoffsommer    Early to rise: early to bed;  Makes a man healthy, and socially dead.    </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>! </div>