<HTML>David Love, It seems i may have missed the correspondence initiating the discussion on t= he rear duplexes, but I am glad that I found the email in time to drop into = the conversation because I believe that there is something missing from the = interplay. And that something is a bit of respect for CFT. When the duplex scale was originally incorporated in the Steinway design in = 1876 at the Philadephia Convention it was accredited to be one of the most s= ignificant new features of scale design by Steinway. It should be noted that= since that time, S & S has remained a benchmark piano with a consistent= and reliable tone. dozens of manufacturers have utilized CFT's patent to de= velop their own versions of this characteristic. I have spent many years and many hours tuning and teaching duplex tuning tec= hnology, and I consider it  beyond the bounds of responsible technical = rationale to attempt to redesign the plate of a Steinway Piano and its duple= x scale  instead of trying to tune the duplexes as Steinway intended. A= nyone who would go to such lengths has obviously got a severe case of DUPLEX= OPHOBIA. It is cureable, provided your priority is the tone of the piano.<BR= > Dan Franklin, RPT</HTML>