<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body>It's the counterbearing bar. I'll send a picture later.<div>David Love<br/>www.davidlovepianos.com<br/>(sent from bb)</div><hr/><div><b>From: </b> Ed Foote <a440a@aol.com> </div><div><b>Sender: </b> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org </div><div><b>Date: </b>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:10:29 -0400 (EDT)</div><div><b>To: </b><pianotech@ptg.org></div><div><b>ReplyTo: </b> pianotech@ptg.org </div><div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [pianotech] Screens under counterbearing bars</div><div><br/></div><font color='black' size='2' face='Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif'><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Hm</span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">m,  </font> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">   I have taken 76 plates out of Steinways, so far.  I have never seen a screen under a bearing bar.  <br> </font><br> <div style="font-size: 13px; clear: both; "><font color="black" face="arial" size="2">Ed Foote RPT<br> http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html</font></div> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Delwin D Fandrich <del@fandrichpiano.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Tue, Jul 24, 2012 8:04 pm<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Screens under counterbearing bars<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_1210e611-6032-4d6f-bad8-31e44c6d86c0" style="margin: 0px;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;font-size: 12px;color: #000;background-color: #fff;"> <pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>I have no proof of this but I always assumed it was there to prevent the thing from buzzing in case of a less than perfect fit. And some of those castings were considerably less than perfect. ddf Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Fabrication 6939 Foothill Court SW, Olympia, Washington 98512 USA Phone  360.515.0119 Cell 360.388.6525 <a href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com">del@fandrichpiano.com</a> <a href="mailto:ddfandrich@gmail.com">ddfandrich@gmail.com</a> -----Original Message----- From: <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf Of David Love Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 4:39 PM To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> Subject: [pianotech] Screens under counterbearing bars Does anyone know what purpose (if any) those mesh screens serve that are under the movable counterbearing bars on older Steinways? Are they just non skid surfaces, or do they function as some kind of buzz barrier between the bars and the plate, or something else I haven't thought of? David Love <a href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com" target="_blank">www.davidlovepianos.com</a> </tt></pre> </div>  </div> </div> </font> </body></html>