<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> Hi Ric</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>    This is not a C but a style 1 or= 2 with the S shaped metal soundboard cutoff in the bass corner & aggraffes all the way to the top of the trebles ...Right? some of these= were designed to be tuned at a much higher tension during the pitch wars of = the late  1800s.   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   I re-bellied one built in 1871 & the or= iginal string scale was built for A-458. You need to find out if the rebuilder resc= aled for A-440 to answer the question you have asked. At A-440 the scale designed= for higher tension will not speak properly but sound dull & lifeless especia= lly in the top 2 agraffe sections  Ask me how I know.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Measure some string lengths  & th'er corresponding string sizes , At various locations & run them thru a scal= e design program & see what the tension read out is. If the tensions aren'= t up round 150 to 60 then something is wrong. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Best</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2> <DIV>Hi List,</DIV> <DIV>New client has a Steinway C . Rebuilt; nice job on strings, original repaired soundboard and bridges, damper job not so great. Dampers falling = off lifting uneven etc. </DIV> <DIV>Can this piano be tuned to a-440? it is about 100 cents flat now. I noticed an unusual curved piece of metal attached to the soundboard at the= bass side near the pin block. Can anyone elaborate on it?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano </DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>