<!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 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  Let Piano tech know. Perhaps they will stock them.</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>     The supply house plates don't fit a lot of pianos<BR>I see.  The big round notch at the bottom rides too<BR>high over the stud, so when you tighten them  they<BR>twist sideways, and the top edge rubs on the inside of<BR>the butt.<BR>     I spoke with saintly genius machinist Robert<BR>Streicher, yesterday ( who's made parts for Ampicos<BR>and Steinways for decades- you've probably bought some<BR>) and he said he'd make me  proper ones: with a  small<BR>square notch that fits the W,N& G action I'm working<BR>on.  ( He made 75,000 plates for Steinway damper<BR>levers, for APSCO, so he can probably handle this. )<BR>     I'd like to make it "worth his while",  and also<BR>of benefit to other techs, so please let me know if<BR>you'd like a set. ( I'll keep a list. )<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's new at <A title="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" href="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" target="_blank">AOL.com</A> and <A title="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" href="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" target="_blank">Make AOL Your Homepage</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>