<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Plate Horn</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } DL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } UL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } OL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } LI { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Ron,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV>You wrote:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>SNIP</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>With our current Overs 225 piano, it has a traditional cast horn at = the bass/treble break. But we also fit additional braces (2) to the top two = treble string section breaks. For the Kawi KG5 piano we recently remanufactured = and re-named Overs - Kawai, we fitted two additional struts, one at the = bass/treble break (since there was no horn in the original design) and one at the = next higher break (where the capo section starts). An image of the higher = strut can be found at;</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000 size=-3>http://members.optusnet.com.au/ronovers/overskawai6.jpg</FONT><= /DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>The diameter of the strut is 0.5" (12.7 mm), and the custom-made = threaded fitting has a 1/2" thread with 70 mm of thread length in the belly rail. = A hardwood block is glued in behind the belly rail sound board support = strip, before the sound board is fitted, to provide sufficient wood depth for = the 70 mm of thread to be fully engaged with the belly.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>SNIP<BR></DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV>Ron O.<BR></DIV> <DIV>Is your strut (rod) straight? It appears slightly curved in the = picture, but that may not be real (may be picture distortion). Is the strut fixed = to the plate somehow, or does it just butt up to a flat spot on the plate, thus = allowing one to rotate the strut to adjust its relationship with the plate?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks. Great idea I should say!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>