<!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 5.50.4807.2300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I ran into the same thing and tossed it around my brain while tuning...decided it was there strictly to add more length to the bass bridge and another string under tension contacting it thereby letting avoiding the last actual sounding string to be at the end of the bridge...clear as mud?   </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>David I.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On 11/2/01 at 7:48 AM philromano@attglobal.net wrote:</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello list,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I had an interesting piano to work on yesterday. An old Yamaha (grey market #13178 circa 1931) six foot grand (#3 scale on plate) has eighty-nine notes in the scale! As I tuned down the bass everything was as normal until I got to A 0. There appeared to be an extra bass string. At first I thought that the hammer was mis aligned. The last shank had been replaced and the screw was not a great fit. As I checked and re-checked I determined there was an extra note. Twenty-three notes in the bass (on the action) and twenty-four on the plate. I eventually counted all the notes from C-8 down (three times!) and it checked out every time. I finally convinced myself I wan't crazy. Has anyone ever seen this before? What could the explanation be?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Romano<BR>Myrtle Beach, SC<BR><A href="mailto:philromano@attglobal.net">philromano@attglobal.net</A></FONT></DIV><FONT size=2 Arial></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>