<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 2/1/01 2:01:39 PM Central Standard Time, A440A@AOL.COM
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I don't really think taking the plate strut out is a good idea, seems
<BR>like it isn't going to go back in very gracefully. Anybody out there have
<BR>experience with strut removal and reinstallation, under full tension, on a
<BR>Steinway D?
<BR>Thanks,
<BR>Ed Foote RPT
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<BR>If Steinway thought removing the strut would not effect the tuning, they
<BR>would have removed it from production a long time ago, to save a few bucks.
<BR>I don't think it is a good idea to take that strut out. If it is newer
<BR>instrument, I am sure it would void the warrantee.
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<BR>Willem </FONT></HTML>