OT ---Old Piano Plates Wanted

[John Ross]

I think you forgot to say it was a one time offer. 1/4/2003

John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Goodale" <rrg@unlv.edu>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: OT ---Old Piano Plates Wanted


> Assuming that you come across one of these who would you contact and how
is
> the plate picked up?  Seems that the shipping and crating costs of a plate
> would offest any value.  I can't imagine a salvage company wandering the
> country with a truck to pick up old piano plates from rebuilding shops.
> Even so it would take significant effort to pull a plate from a junk
piano.
> It would probably take at minimum an hour plus to de-string the piano,
> remove the tuning pins, remove the bolts, and then pull it out of the
piano.
> The whole proposition doesn't sound very profitable.  I imagine the fee
for
> tuning one piano would come out about the same with far less effort.  Am I
> missing something here?
>
> Rob Goodale, RPT
> Las Vegas, NV
>
>
>
> > It has been discovered that certain trace elements are abundant
> > in some old piano plates (1890-1910).
> >
> > Because of global politics an eminent shortage of these metals is
> > expected in the US.
> >
> > These old plates could be worth $200 (picked up still in old cases
> > !!!)  or $1,000 if delivered clean.
> >
> > I know this sounds fantastic but in checking it out, the deeper I
> > get the more sense it makes.   It seems the formulation of this
> > particular cast iron from this period saves the steel mills
> > enormous amounts of time by simply melting them down rather than
> > starting from scratch.
> >
> > If the plate has a one or a four anywhere on it (usually at the
> > tail) it may be valuable.   If the plate has numbers that appear
> > alone or by themselves or in any configuration of numbers like
> >      x 04 x   x 01 x, they may be especially valuable.
> >
> > PLEASE NOTE:  These plates will only be purchased from members of
> > the trade, RPTs preferred.  (there is always a catch,esp when it
> > appears too good to be true)  ; )
> >
> > If you need further details please get in touch.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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