<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4616.200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just wondering if the bolts are cariage = bolts with a square shoulder.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If so there might be a wood covering = the nuts from below.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 06, = 2001 4:18 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Grotrian</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>nirran wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; = TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Richard Brekne</FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; = TEXT-ALIGN: left"></DIV>  <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; = TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Thank you for your reply.</FONT> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; = TEXT-ALIGN: left"></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; = TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Since 1974 I did a lot of uprights and = grands rebuilding jobs.</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Ah... sorry to have misunderstood. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; = TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT face="Times New Roman">On this Grotrian the problem is that the = bolts on the upper part of the plate are without</FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; = TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Any slot, or access to any nut.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Im not sure I quite understand... are you saying that the plate = screws are ... shall we say bald ? How on earth were they tightened then ? I = will ask the fellow in town who sells these to see if he knows anything about = this kinda thing, but perhaps someone else has run into this before ? <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; = TEXT-ALIGN: left"></DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; = TEXT-ALIGN: left"></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; = TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The piano is already without strings. By the = way, it has some strings with three windings in the low bass and some with = very thin diameter before the cross section.</FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; = TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Can you recommend of a very good winder = in  = "Europe?</FONT> <P>I have not found anyone yet who does consistantly top quality work. = Some of em sorta automatically take it upon themselves to recalculate the = string scale so be carefull. This isnt always what one wants or what is = best.   Mostly I end up useing the ex Yamaha importers in Norway as we are not = part of the Europe Union thingy... so buying out of county gets real = expensive. John Delcour would be able to help you I am sure...grin.. tho I suppose he = would recommend himself. <P>Sorry John... couldnt help myself. :) <P>If nobody else pipes in, I will see what I can find out for you = tommorrow.. its late here now.. I am off to bed <P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>Bergen, Norway <BR><A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> = <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>