<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 5/21/2005 2:24:03 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>considerable amount.  The dowels are all cut pretty evenly a= round the<BR>> perimeter.  The plate just warped.  My understanding= is that during<BR>> certain periods at Steinway, plate warping was more of= a problem that at<BR>> others.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> <FONT size=3> David</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  I'm  Not convinced the plate is warped.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> But the the dowells were arranged short to pu= ll the plate down significantly. The question is why.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  With the plate installed over a new board but wit= h out dowells, imaginne the plate screwed to the block & the very last plate b= oss sitting on the board in the tail. This is  the only places that are touching so there's kind of a triangulation in this scenario that I find com= mon. Even with  the usual very short dowell at this location I rarely find  the others this short until it comes to the treble.  I think= they simply wanted the plate to sit at a very low & constant elevation instead of allowing  the bridge thickness to rise & fall to match t= he plate. SO they pulled it down</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Dale</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>