<!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 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV><FONT size=3>Hello Dale!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <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=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</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> Sunday, May 22, 2005 3:12 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: steinway c = 1868</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> Hi Ric</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>    This is not a C but a = style 1 or 2 with the S shaped metal soundboard cutoff in the </FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=3>What is that s-shaped metal cutoff bar = for? I have seen it in pictures of a Grotrian-Steinweg too, and it has some screw in = it that seem to press on the ribs. If anyone wants pictures, let me = know.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=3>It looks too complicated and too small to = be a normal cutoff bar. Was it perhaps meant to adjust the soundboard crown somehow?</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=3> Calin Tantareanu<BR>----------------------------------------------------<BR>&nb= sp;<A href="http://calintantareanu.tripod.com">http://calintantareanu.tripod.= com</A><BR>----------------------------------------------------</FONT></D= IV> <DIV dir=ltr> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>