<!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 6.00.2800.1476" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron N said: "<FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>They were, and the difference between 435 and 440 will likely = be under <BR>1,000 lbs tension with a given (modern) string scale, or about 2% <BR>difference, which isn't an awful lot spread out over the whole scale.<BR><BR>Ron,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Years ago, I calculated this and found that the difference between = 435cps and 440cps, (an olde 1900 type upright was the patient), was just a bit = over 500 lbs added tension. Not enough to be concerned about, IMO, seeing as how = most plates are WAAAAYYY over engineered. (Yeah, I know, there are exceptions.<G></DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>