cracked plate strut

[gordon stelter]

How about a cracked tuning pin web in a Steinway "B".
Any hope?
--- Delwin D Fandrich <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Goodale" <rrg@unlv.edu>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: August 29, 2002 8:44 AM
> Subject: Re: cracked plate strut
> 
> 
> > DO NOT weld on a piano plate!  The success rate is
> not good because of
> > the way that cast iron expands when it gets hot,
> particularly when it is
> > connected on all sides such as on a strut, (an
> excellent class was done
> > on this by a metallurgist at the Reno convention).
>  I highly recommend
> > the Lock N' Stitch pins.  This works in most
> cases, and after filling
> > and painting it will look completely normal.  It
> is a truly amazing
> > system.  This topic has been covered several times
> so look up Lock N'
> > Stitch in the archives.  You can also look up the
> web page at:
> >  http://www.locknstitch.com/
> 
> 
> I keep hearing this yet, so far as I know, every
> plate--and that is quite a
> few now--that we've had welded is still giving good
> service.
> 
> The choice of what repair method to use really
> depends on where the crack
> is.
> 
> Del
> 


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