Hi Del. I read your response regarding the replacement "B" plate. I understand all including the need for a new pinblock, except the need for a new soundboard. When the old cracked plate was installed, I presume the rebuilder was content with the condition of the soundboard. I would think that you could keep the existing soundboard and just recap the bridges for proper downbearing with the new plate/height. Or are you assuming the need to reposition the bridges because of small differences in plate geography (I don't know how much variability there is in plates I guess)? Thanks P.S. my soundboard salvage project is looking more positive all the time! Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Delwin D Fandrich" <pianobuilders@olynet.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 9:39 AM Subject: Re: broken plate > Chris, > > Replacing a plate in any piano (assuming that the design is still in current > production) is not rocket science, but it is not all that easy either. You > pretty much have to take the piano back to that stage of production. That > is, you start over with the pinblock fit, bridge locations, etc. > > Unless you were extremely lucky -- and it is highly unlikely that you would > be in this case -- the bridge pin locations would not align to the new plate > hitch pin locations. > > So, you would start by removing the soundboard and starting over
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