Positioning Plate/Action

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Meyer Carl" <cmpiano@home.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: February 05, 2001 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: Positioning Plate/Action


>
> mounting plates--here's a suggestion
>
> Baldwin has a patent on threading the plate and suspending the plate on
the
> screws into the rim.  Probably worked good in the factory, but for
> rebuilding I'm not so sure.

Baldwin had a patent on this system. It expired some years ago and has been
in the public domain since. And it works just as well for rebuilding as it
does for building as long as the original holes in the plate are not overly
large -- as they nearly always are in S&S plates.

Del