Need to find someone who can repair a broken plate

[Alan Barnard]

Thanks. Looks like that Lock 'n Stitch is the way to go, maybe with some
frame reinforcement as I babbled on about. Good luck.

Alan Barnard
Salem, Missouri


> [Original Message]
> From: Christopher Witmer <cdwitmer at spamcop.net>
> Cc: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 05/25/2006 6:07:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Need to find someone who can repair a broken plate
>
> Alan Barnard wrote:
>
>  > how did you edit the pictures with
>  > the cool spotlight effect?
>
> Sorry, I don't know how that effect was done -- a friend did it for me.
>
>  > what kind of piano is this and why does it have so much value
>
> This is a very special, rare upright piano (fewer than 100 were built) 
> with a sound and action that could easily be mistaken for a high-quality 
> grand piano. In fact, my daughter who studies at a local conservatory of 
> music says she has never found a piano as fun to play as this one. I 
> have seven children who are all serious about music and this piano is an 
> important and irreplaceable part of their education. There is simply not 
> room in our house for a grand piano -- even a baby grand. (And after 
> having been "spoiled" on this piano, they would have a hard time being 
> satisfied with the inferior sound and playability that has characterized 
> every baby grand we've seen so far.)
>
>  > Are you a piano tech? Working in Japan?
>
> I work in Japan, but am not a piano technician (unless owning a bunch of 
> books on the subject can be said to qualify me).
>
> Again, thanks for any help folks on this list might be able to give me.
>
> Chris Witmer
> Tokyo
>
>  >> [Original Message]
>  >> From: Christopher Witmer <cdwitmer at spamcop.net>
>  >> Subject: Need to find someone who can repair a broken plate
>  >>
>  >> I have an irreplaceable upright piano that my whole family thinks the
>  >> world of, about 10 years old, now suffering from a broken plate.