<HTML><HTML>List Maybe this is no cause for concern, but... I'm doing some work on a Steinway V.  It is my own piano, purchased fo= r resale.  I just had the piano restrung and the cabinet refinished, b= y an associate of mine.  Got the piano back today.  I started ou= t by chipping the piano up to pitch.  The last screw on the left on the pressure bar which spans B2 through F#5, i= s missing.  The restringer didn't put it back in because it was rusty = and he wanted to replace it with a new one.  OK.  But as I chipp= ed strings up and I got to the two bichords right under the missing screw, B= 2 and C3, it seemed as if they weren't moving up in pitch like the other str= ings.  They were about a 5th low and when I started to turn the pin th= ey moved upward, but then they seemed to stop, even though I was still turni= ng the pin.  On the one hand, they're wound bichords so they would act differently than t= heir plain steel string neighbors to the right.  But I started to get = paranoid that perhaps they weren't moving up in pitch because they were forc= ing the pressure bar upward.  I know I'll have to let the tension down in that area to put the screw in an= yway, but just as a matter of understanding the situation, is it possible th= at I could cause damage to the pressure bar by pulling these strings up to p= itch with that screw missing?  Keep in mind that this is a Steinway:&n= bsp; their pressure bars are about the diameter of a hockey stick made out = of metal!  My gut instinct tells me that I could do just fine without = that screw, but either these strings were acting funny, or my imagination go= t the better of me. Straighten me out. Thanks, Tom Sivak Chicago  </HTML>