> This is something new to me. Are you saying the plate reacts to a pitch raise > more than the soundboard? I am not sure If I agree that the drop in pitch > from an overshoot is because something happens to the plate, and not because Hi Wim This is indeed the case. You can prove it to yourself easily enough. The next time you plan to restring a piano give it a fast unison tune and measure each note above the bass break using your favorite flavor of ETD. Remove the bass strings only then again measure each note and plot the differences. Look at the graph and draw your own conclusions. Have you moved yet? Newton
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