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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Hi Terry:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Just glancing at your picture of the Mason upright board. Love it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>A couple of questions, though: First, I noticed at the top of the board, treble end and just below the pinblock, is a narrow strip of wood that flares out about 1/3 of the way down from the treble end. Likewise, you have two strips of wood just above the tenor end of the bass bride curving to match the shape of the Z- bar. What is the purpose of these?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Here is my guess: In those areas you have poor access to clamp the panel to the liner and z-bar, so these are there to serve as clamps along with screws when gluing in the panel. Is that correct, or am I out to lunch, like the dog shown below?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Will Truitt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Terry Farrell<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:51 PM<br><b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] S&S K(52) Restoration<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Gene - IMHO, you really need to have a lengthy conversation with Del. His design modifications produced an incredible sound from my M&H upright.....<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><img width=640 height=480 id="_x0034_eaa13c7-93be-4cad-8ec7-3933e10847b4" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD35AC.ACFF9350"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Terry Farrell<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>PS: Oh, and after you glue in that new soundboard (hide glue, preferably) and need to clean up any squeeze-out, I've got just the solution for you...... ;-)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><img width=640 height=480 id="_x0033_f52cd8e-18b2-4067-8efb-a39be8b68fef" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CD35AC.ACFF9350"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On May 17, 2012, at 8:48 PM, Gene Nelson wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><pre><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Just getting it apart now so I can measure and record the scale.</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>No wound trichords to deal with but no trans bridge. – not ruling out one for redesign depending on the scale. The end of the tenor bridge come very close to the bottom board/rim structure. The bass bridge seems more nicely positioned.</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Bass bridge is canto levered and straight. The canto lever will go.</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Huge birdseye maple space filler/cut off device in the lower right and a smaller cut off bar in the upper left. Might just keep that part the way it is.</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Do you know if those pins that look like bridge pins – driven into the plate - that offset/terminate the wound bass strings just below the tuning pins are removable?</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Gene</span><o:p></o:p></pre></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>