<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Plate Horn</TITLE>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; =
charset=iso-8859-1">
<STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE {
PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px
}
DL {
PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px
}
UL {
PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px
}
OL {
PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px
}
LI {
PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px
}
</STYLE>
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Here are details of that design. A bolt goes =
thru the
belly rail into the pinblock (you can just barely see it):</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><A
href="http://www.schimmel-piano.de/e/flgklang.html">http://www.schimmel=
-piano.de/e/flgklang.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>It also shows the vibration (or something) of the
soundboard. Can it really be this symmetrical? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>A closer view is here (this PDF requires Acrobat
Reader):</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><A
href="http://www.schimmel-piano.de/e/SCH_US_Klangkoerper_Fluegel.pdf">h=
ttp://www.schimmel-piano.de/e/SCH_US_Klangkoerper_Fluegel.pdf</A></FONT><=
/DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</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=741662027@theshusters.org =
href="mailto:741662027@theshusters.org">Cy
Shuster</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 10, 2005 =
3:07 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Plate Horn</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>In Kansas City, I saw a new =
Schimmel that had
a similar projection from the plate, between the dampers at the break, =
and up
to the belly rail.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV (Boston, MA by Aug. 1!)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>