Bosendorfer plate removal

[Newton Hunt]

>  But the cutting still 
> has to be done very carefully.
> PR-J 

Oh Yes.  Remember the thread about sharp things and idiots?  No way would I try
to cut a rim like that.  Sheesh!  My admiration.

		Newton

Yardarm103669107@AOL.COM wrote:
> 
> Newton:
> You got it. The rim was laid up around the plated belly, or perhaps the plate
> slid in before the pinblock/stretcher assembly was glued up, much the same
> way that some  soundboards (old Bluthner's come to mind) were done, slid into
> a mortise. You're right, not easy. I danced around this one Boesendorfer for
> three weeks before taking a saw to the rim. Fortunately I have a superb
> refinisher to work with who hid all of the cut marks. But the cutting still
> has to be done very carefully.
> PR-J