> Some of my Questions: What do you think the load is on the webs? > Are they in tension? > Small to almost no load? > Anyone had luck with brazing cast iron? On your last point, a factory I worked at years ago had sucess with cracked frames where the crack was by the strut and the pinblock area, using an angle grider, cutting in to the crack, an making a deep groove and then welding. A point with the properties of cast iron that was explained to me years before I came into the piano trade (and I should have paid more attention to) is that if you take four straight pieces of cast iron and weld then in a square _ then three joints will work and the forth weld will |_| pull one of the others apart, apparently it was given as an exam to apprentice welders. I take it the person telling me this knew what he was talking about, I have never verified it with anyone else. Brian Lawson > > > Oh by the way, I would keep the piano for myself and not pass it off to > some unsuspecting customer. My wife loves the ornate walnut case. > > Richard Snelson > Clinton, IL > Phone: 217-362-7432 days 217-935-4215 eve.
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