<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: very strange tuning mechanism</title></head><body> <div>At 05:54 -0400 22/7/08, Tom Servinsky wrote:</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>The Mason & Hamlin uprights had a system called the "screw stringer" system will sounds very close to what you are describing. Unusual, but stable system.</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Here are some pictures of the Brinsmead screw system on a 6'3" grand, which they used for over 25 years concurrently with traditional wrestplanks on both grands and uprights.  The expense must have been terrific.  Dale Erwin has just restored one of these.  I haven't got round to mine yet.</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><img src="cid:p06240814c4abe0283b19@[10.0.0.1].1.0"></div> <div><img src="cid:p06240814c4abe0283b19@[10.0.0.1].1.1"></div> <div><img src="cid:p06240814c4abe0283b19@[10.0.0.1].1.2"></div> </body> </html>