<!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>  Calin & All</DIV> <DIV>  Here are a few pictures of the  S.S. O & S.S.long = A design. In the O picture it's more instructive to see the bridge layout over= the actual rib structure. You can see that the angle of the rib to the board gra= in getting steeper & the ribs fanning to stay paralell with the bridge. It'= s plain to see just how much chorter & stiffer the longest ribs were &= now are.</DIV> <DIV>  Ron N. & O your comments about the tone getting stronger in = the second half of the tone envelope are right on. The bridge has also been move= d back at the top treble so that the  note 88 could get a 50 mm string le= ngth increasing tension & power. This is sop on all redo. ON the  A I ev= en ground the plate. The original string length on the A was shockingly sh= ort at about 46mm   & was changed to 54mm at 88</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    Dale Erwin <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><STRONG>Erwins Pianos Restorations <BR>4721 Parker Rd.<BR>Mode= sto, Ca 95357<BR>209-577-8397<BR>Rebuilt Steinway , Mason &Hamlin Sales<BR>www.Erwinspiano.com</STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML= >