I would imagine, with the hitch pins working as little "pry bars" that the plate WOULD be twisted downward, not upward, by the string tension here. Thump --- Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> wrote: > To be sure Del, I suppose I should have included > that. I > just thought the patents claim was interesting. It > makes > perfect sense that it functions as a mass coupler as > well. > > But are you saying then that the plate is not > actually > stressed upwards by the string pressure as the claim > makes > below ? > > RicB > > Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > > > The question was not what the original patent > claimed it > > was for, nor was the question what the company has > claimed > > it was for over the years (two or three different > things > > right there). The question was, as I understood > it, what > > does it actually do. Del > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Richard Brekne > > To: PTG > > Sent: September 13, 2002 1:50 PM > > Subject: The Steinway Bell Patent > > [Image] > > > > -- > > Richard Brekne > > RPT, N.P.T.F. > > UiB, Bergen, Norway > > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no > > > http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html > > > > > > > > > -- > Richard Brekne > RPT, N.P.T.F. > UiB, Bergen, Norway > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no > http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com
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