<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Mother in Law of All Cutoff Bars</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Hi Phil,</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>During the last part of George Steck's life his obsession was to design a piano that would hold tune almost indefinitely.  He tried a lot of things including  radically heavy bracing and attaching the plate to the structure every place he thought it would help.  Too bad he did not live longer.</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Jim</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">James Grebe ,</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"> Piano Tuner-Technician, Wood Artisan    </font></blockquote> <div><font face="Arial" size="-1"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="-1"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="-1">Jim,</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="-1"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="-1">How do you come by your knowledge of George Steck?</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="-1"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="-1">Phil Ford</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="-1"><br></font></div> </body> </html>