<!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 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's time for me to learn some = more.  The patient is a 1920s Steinway B with a Teflon action.  (Guess we know = when it was rebuilt.) I took a quick look (no time to test parts today) and = saw that it had angled capstans.  These weren't the old style of = capstan, which I have (mistakenly or not) associated with older Steinways.  = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please enlighten me on the advantages = or disadvantages or whatever of each type of heel.  Does one ever = change from angled to flat?  Is it possible, is it desirable?   = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara <FONT face=Arial = size=2>(I'll get it eventually) </FONT>Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>