<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 05/12/2002 10:59:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, yardbird@pop.vermontel.net writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Most of us wouldn't make that determination without removing the
<BR>plate. More obvious signs of deterioration can be seen beneath the
<BR>plate, but many important signs will be hidden until the plate gets
<BR>lifted out.
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<BR>Hi,
<BR> That was my guess,but most of the older uprights I was thinking of,would not be worth the trouble to pull the plate.If I went to that trouble,I would just put in a new block,which most customers with budget pianos, would not spend that kind of money,on a two - three hundred dollar piano.
<BR>Hazen Bannister </FONT></HTML>