In message <01c901c1863d$6e185520$e7f2a118@tampabay.rr.com>, Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> writes >Could you please clarify "...rocked on the pillar bolts 3 turns down and the >plate is flat...". Do you mean that you unscrewed the plate from the rim and >pinblock and it bowed up around the edges such that the plate rested on the >nose bolts - and the amount of bowing up around the perimeter was about 3 >turns of the perimeter screws? Am I understanding this correctly? Yip you have got it in one. >And then >you go further to suggest that this imbalance should be returned to the >system upon plate re-installation? Well if that is what the manufacture intended then I think it should >Have others observed this? Thanks. Other UK tuners have agreed that when reinstalling the plate adjustments have to be made to get the plate to lay flat However, none who i have spoke to have turned the pillar bolts back up - too risky Barrie, -- Barrie Heaton PGP key on request http://www.a440.co.uk/ AcryliKey Ivory Repair System UK © http://www.acrylikey.co.uk/ The U.K. Piano Page © http://www.uk-piano.org/ Home to the UK Piano Industry
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