Cracked Plate

[Farrell]

"looks like it propagates under the felt and it could possibly be connecting 
the three struts."

While anything is possible, and I have not looked under the felt, this is a 
full plate with an open pinblock. My assumption is that the crack ends right 
in the corner of the tuning pin field cut-out. Two of the cracks are 
contiguous with this low treble tuning pin field cut-out, but the third 
crack is way down at A0. I'm pretty sure the cracks are confined to the 
struts only.

Terry Farrell

> This crack is quite elaborate;  it looks like it
> propagates under the felt and it could possibly be
> connecting the three struts.
>
> Welding this requires a very skilled welder with lots
> of experience.  The whole casting has to be preheated
> and held at an elevated temperature while it's being
> welded.  I would be very hesitant to get involved with
> this one, but my guess is, it may have a chance with
> the Lock/Stitch method and lots of money.
>
> The plate may be warped, or it wasn't levelled
> properly when the screws were tightened.  Check if the
> plate is warped before spending money on welding /
> stitching.
>
> Vladan