Why were you cutting this Starr plate?

[gordon stelter]

Sledgehammer quicker. More fun!
     Smash

--- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Because the whole plate was way to big and heavy.
> The small quadrant is much lighter and easier to
> move around.
> 
> Terry Farrell
>   
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 4:44 PM
> Subject: Why were you cutting this Starr plate?
> 
> 
> > Subject line says it all................
> >      T
> > 
> > --- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > > I was cutting out the treble section of an old
> Starr
> > > plate the other day. I cut it by drilling many
> > > closely spaced 3/8" or so holes. When I was
> nearly
> > > done drilling what I thought might be enough
> holes
> > > "CRACK!". The whole area below where the bridge
> had
> > > been cracked on its own and ended up with a
> visible
> > > crack. Obviously there had been quite a bit of
> > > stored tension in the plate.
> > > 
> > > Terry Farrell
> > >   
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: <JIMRPT@aol.com>
> > > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 10:29 PM
> > > Subject: verrry interesting!! :-)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > We have often spoken of plate stress and how
> it is
> > > transferred to other 
> > > > sections/notes as a string(s) broke or were
> > > loosened. I have never seen a 
> > > > better example than the little Apollo grand I
> am
> > > removing the strings 
> > > > from.......
> > > > The bass strings are out and I was in the
> process
> > > of removing tension from 
> > > > the tenor section.....when 'pong''' a string
> broke
> > > in the octave 5/6 
> > > > section!! as I kept removing tension from the
> > > tenor, strings kept popping in 
> > > > the 5/6 area...a total of six altogether
> > > >  As I was relieving tension in the 5/6 area
> the
> > > strings in the top section 
> > > > 6/7/8 starting breaking also !!
> > > >  Now the strings that broke were all kinda
> really
> > > rusty and broke fairly 
> > > > easily but I thought it was a perfect example
> of
> > > plate stress and stress 
> > > > transferance............
> > > > I have never had this happen to me before.
> > > > 
> > > > Jim Bryant (FL)
> > > > p.s. the plate is a full perimeter plate.
> > > >
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