<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY=
="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 11/12/2004 6:15:=
04 PM Eastern Standard Time, alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk writes:<BR>
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: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">multiply 200 pounds of torque <=
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Greetings, <BR>
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I thought=
that each string's pulling impacts the plate at about 10 to15 lbs each so s=
ay cumulatively; 12 lbs x 240 strings = 2880 lbs extra pulling on the plat=
e that wasn't there before you did the tuning.<BR>
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When you =
say torque, do you mean the ft-lbs of work you do, to turn the pins? ..or th=
e work pounds difference from before the tuning of the piano to after the tu=
ning on the plate?<BR>
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Does anyone have the =
figures on this?<BR>
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Julia<BR>
Reading, PA</FONT></HTML>