<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>Was it originally equipped with a Welte system, and they needed to not have a beam under that spot, for part of the player system to fit? Or it might have been built when such installations were common, and they just decided that, after trying removal, it was not needed on any....... or they built all the pianos the same way, <br />IN CASE one would get the player. (Yes, that's a pun.) Look at the bright side: you now have a free hole to do something creative with! <br /><br />!Gripping stuph!<br /><br />Thumpe</div></td></tr></table> <div id="_origMsg_">
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Re: [pianotech] Simulated Nose Bolt <br>
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<td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">Another good thought!<BR><BR>Terry Farrell<BR><BR>On Nov 1, 2012, at 4:48 PM, Joseph Giandalone wrote:<BR><BR>> <BR>> Could it be this plate was also used for a slightly different model that did in fact employ a nose bolt there? There could have been an economy involved in casting only the one plate design for both models. <BR>> <BR>> Joseph<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On Oct 31, 2012, at 12:19 PM, Terry Farrell wrote:<BR>> <BR>>> 1920s Hardman grand (or not so grand....). Simulated nose bolt. I haven't ever seen (or at least noticed) such an animal before. Mankind was doing this sort of thing way back then also?<BR>>> <BR>>> Thought some might enjoy.<BR>>> <BR>>> Terry Farrell<BR>>> <BR>>> <IMG_0317.jpg><BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>> <BR><BR></td>
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