<!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 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marcel said: "<FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>It's impossible to grind the plate unless grinding the base of the<BR>aggraffes at the same time. You'll just have to live with the last<BR>octave that will never sound like a modern piano.<FONT = face=Arial size=2>"</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>This is precisely what Chickering = did on many of his grands. Although it's a pain in the rump, to grind that area, = I've done it! The agraffes, of course, need to be in their proper place, before = doing this and there is a limit as to how much you can grind off!<G> Also, = one would need to determine that there is a need for this and to calculate the = strike point needed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best Regards,</DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>