<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 8/17/01 7:38:41 AM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>nhunt@optonline.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">Hi Wim
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<BR>This is indeed the case.
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<BR>You can prove it to yourself easily enough. The next time you plan to
<BR>restring
<BR>a piano give it a fast unison tune and measure each note above the bass
<BR>break
<BR>using your favorite flavor of ETD. Remove the bass strings only then again
<BR>measure each note and plot the differences. Look at the graph and draw
<BR>your own
<BR>conclusions.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">I don't think this would show that the plate moved. I have done this, in a
<BR>sense. I have removed the bass strings, and then listened to the treble. Yes,
<BR>they were low closer to the break. But I would think that is because there is
<BR>less tension on the board towards the back, where the bass bridge is. Not
<BR>because the plate rose.
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">
<BR>Have you moved yet?
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<BR> Newton
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<BR>Yes. I drove down on Friday, and spent the better part of the evening
<BR>unpacking and hooking things up. I will tune a bunch of pianos over the
<BR>weekend so that on Monday I can take a couple of hous to take care of a lot
<BR>of busy work before I "go to work."
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<BR>In September I will go back to St. Louis to get Jan and the house.
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<BR>Wim
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