<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of = </B>Terry<BR><B>Sent:</B> March 27, 2005 4:43 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: = DAG vs. 1708<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=953334702-27032005><FONT face="Verdana Ref"><SPAN = class=312230615-27032005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=953334702-27032005><FONT face="Verdana = Ref"><EM>Why are the backside pins notched like the front? Wouldn't seem like it would = really be necessary unless you have a sounding duplex. Just wondering ...</EM></FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">Bottom line answer: I don't know. = That's how the original was done and I certainly didn't want to change anything the = original masters did!</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=312230615-27032005><FONT face="Comic Sans = MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=312230615-27032005><FONT>You do it so the strings won't buzz = against the un-notched top of the bridges . . . .</FONT></SPAN> <SPAN class=312230615-27032005>and, yes, it is nice = work.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=312230615-27032005><FONT face="Comic Sans = MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>