[pianotech] Scrap value of plate

[Dean May]

400 lbs would be a pretty big piano. I took in an aluminum frame out of a console, along with a bunch of other scrap and got $40 total. Paid me about $5/hr to get it all apart. :-p

Dean
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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dale Erwin
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 8:12 PM
To: paulmulik at yahoo.com; pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Scrap value of plate

$180 per ton. Plate weighs 400?dothe math

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On Mar 12, 2013, at 4:34 PM, paulmulik at yahoo.com wrote:

> Someone asked me the other day about the scrap value of the metals in a junk piano. I told him it would be next to impossible to get the copper off the bass strings, but does anyone know about how much a scrap metal yard would pay for the plate from a large upright? What does the plate weigh by itself anyway, maybe 250-300 pounds?
> 
> Paul Mulik
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