Hobart Cable upright with broken plate

[David Love]

I'll have to go back with my camera, but yes, I'll post it in the next week
or two.  

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Delwin D Fandrich <fandrich@pianobuilders.com>
> To: <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>; Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 1/24/2004 9:22:25 AM
> Subject: RE: Hobart Cable upright with broken plate
>
> Can you send a picture of this?
>
> Del
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
> Behalf Of David Love
> Sent: January 24, 2004 7:58 AM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Hobart Cable upright with broken plate
>
>
> Ran into an 1890 Hobart Cable upright with a broken plate.  Open face
> pinblock with full plate (above and below block).  The horizontal section
> of the plate which lies just below the pinblock and tapers down to about 1
> 1/4" wide where it joins the treble side of the plate is cracked at that
> juncture.  There are large plate screws all along this horizontal section
> which secure to the frame underneath.  The screw which is nearest the
break
> is about 10" to the bass side.  The piano is 25 cents flat but seems to be
> fairly well in tune with itself.  Original strings.  Impossible to tell
how
> long the crack has been there--though I wonder if in tightening the plate
> screws, this small arm of the plate wasn't stressed due to bad fitting
> underneath and the plate has been cracked from the outset.  Am I getting
> into any trouble to try and tune the piano?  Since the crack exists on a
> horizontal section and since that section is mostly secured with plate
> screws, it appears that it is not having any effect on the tuning
> stability.     
>
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos@earthlink.net
>
>
>
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