plates, flying and otherwise

[David Lawson]

Annie, I have experienced a plate breaking whilst pitch raising an old
upright once. There was a big bang, then there was me jumping about six feet
in the air, and then... nothing. Strings tend to hold everything together me
thinks.
Happy Christmas to everyone from sunny Oz.
David Lawson Wangaratta Australia
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Annie Grieshop" <annie at allthingspiano.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 11:54 AM
Subject: plates, flying and otherwise


> Here's something that's been bothering me for a few days:  has anyone on
> this group actually been in the vicinity of a plate breaking?
>
> I've heard lots of dire warnings (and they all make a great deal of
sense!),
> but I'd like a first-hand report from someone who has witnessed
spontaneous
> self-destruction (or the immediate aftermath).
>
> Not fire, not sledge hammers, not gravity, not chainsaws, not
trebuchets --
> a piano that gave up the potential energy ghost on its own, of its own
> volition.
>
> It's been fun to consider what the sequence of events would be, but now
I'd
> appreciate hearing from someone who's been there, done that.  (Tell me
> horror stories!  Scare me even more about that dratted Brambach! <g>)
>
> Thanks, as always.
>
> Annie Grieshop
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