<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html>   <blockquote TYPE=CITE>  <blockquote type="cite" cite>I've got a S&S B that I believe may be suffering from insufficient bearing in the capo section.  How far can I safely turn down the plates bell bolt and plate screw in order to flex the plate downward in that area.</blockquote> </blockquote> I would advise extreme caution personnally. The job of this device is not to provide downbearing in the first place, and a review of some of Del Fandrichs posts on this matter might be a good idea. Further the plate is not exactly at its strongest in this area and will crack easily enough if stressed too much. That stress might marginal in such a fashion as to not show itslef until the first time someone flips the piano on its side for moving... a slight jar and a borderline stress condition and bang !!... If you dont know exactly how to set these kinds of adjustsments, it seems best to me to just leave them alone. I have heard two methods for adjusting these. One is finger tight and then 1 full turn. The other is "until you get a slight increase in sustain".  Tho.. to be frank the second one strikes me as vague and risky JMV -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A>  </html>