OT ---Old Piano Plates Wanted

[Avery Todd]

Well, Joe,

Did you bend over to roll up your pants leg (before it gets TOO deep) and
haven't done the other one yet???????

Avery

At 11:31 AM 04/01/03 -0700, you wrote:
>Hummmm,
>Why is it that my left leg seems to be a little longer than my right one
>since reading the proceding post?
>Joe Goss
>imatunr@srvinet.com
>www.mothergoosetools.com
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Richard Moody" <remoody@midstatesd.net>
>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 9:36 AM
>Subject: OT ---Old Piano Plates Wanted
>
>
> > 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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