<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#b8b8b8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can recall many instances where the = struts had been removed and got Lost! That strut is installed into the piano for a = reason. Remove and pay the consequences! I personally was glad when those = pickups went out of favor w/musicians. Darn, what goes around, comes = around.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>regards, Joe = garrett</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>