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[Ron Nossaman]

>Ron,
>    Doubt the hoist point theory. Not the strongest place, and with the 
> plate in the belly, no room around the bridges to get the nuts in place, 
> or remove.

Hi Guy,
It doesn't have to be strong, just to balance. The inaccessibility of the 
nuts does pretty well take care of that idea though.


>Had to be secured before install, and pray they never loosen up? What a 
>rattle that would be. All I can think of is that this particular piano, in 
>the factory, was temporarily fitted with a mechanism that precluded the 
>placement of the regular beams that would catch those screws. There was a 
>channel roughed out of the keybed, also, but not under the rear of the 
>keys, as in player mechanism. Pretty much just forward of the balance 
>rail. No other visible mounting holes in the inside of the rim. Weird. 
>Fun. Odd.  Like.... us, no? %^)>
>
>Guy

Peculiar all right. Any chance it's a 1929 or 1930 vintage?

Ron N