> >> >> >> Tradition. >> >> >> Conrad > > > > Is this the real reason, or just your opinion of why they holes are recessed? > > > Wim That would be a yes, and a no. The holes are almost certainly *still* countersunk because of tradition, but there had to have been some sort of reasoning behind having done it in the first place and establishing the tradition - whatever we might think of the reasoning now. I've wondered about it too, and didn't see it listed among Steinway's patents. Seems like they would have been proud enough of doing something to no apparent purpose that takes extra time in the manufacturing process to make a marketing point of it. Ron N
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