<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hi Alan,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">No gap at all between the bolts and
plate. It actually feels like it's screwed on pretty tight, but I
haven't yet "really" tried to unscrew it yet. It's all
de-strung, though. My lingo isn't up to speed on what a plate boss
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<br><tt><font size=2>Hi Paul,<br>
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One thing that comes to mind is to pay attention to the plate when you
do<br>
remove plate lags and the nose bolt nuts. Is there a gap between the plate<br>
and shoulder of the nose bolt? Is there a gap between the plate boss and<br>
soundboard dowel? It's likely that the plate was originally flexed at one<br>
place or the other. This will have some impact on your bearing<br>
considerations.<br>
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Alan<br>
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-- Alan McCoy, RPT<br>
Eastern Washington University<br>
amccoy@mail.ewu.edu<br>
509-359-4627<br>
509-999-9512<br>
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> From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu><br>
> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>"
<caut@ptg.org><br>
> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:36:13 -0500<br>
> To: <caut@ptg.org><br>
> Subject: [CAUT] Fw: Steinway M plate removal<br>
> <br>
> Hi CAUT!<br>
> <br>
> As you can read below, besides the personal formalities.... What<br>
> measurements to you perform on the plate before removal? I haven't
done<br>
> this in a long time and just need some updates. Im using the
existing<br>
> pinblock. Is that enough? Also, the front bearing is great
on the bridge<br>
> but the back is not so good. It's a practice room grand. Should
I bother<br>
> with re-capping? or can I lower, slightly the resting dowels to ever
so<br>
> slightly "bend " the plate in the back for more downbearing?
It sounded<br>
> pretty good before, but the capo and bass strings had so many problems<br>
> with string breakage, that I've decided to restring and attend to
the capo<br>
> and replace agraffes while I'm at it.<br>
> <br>
> All Thoughts welcome. I'm not going to do anything until I find
my<br>
> digital for pics. It's way ugly and want to take before and
after shots.<br>
> BTW, wish Robert congrats for his new baby boy. (#8!!!) crazy
man!!!<br>
> <br>
> Best,<br>
> <br>
> Paul<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> ----- Forwarded by Paul T Williams/Music/UNL/UNEBR on 08/22/2008 05:26
PM<br>
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> <br>
> "Robert A. Murphy" <Robert.Murphy@oberlin.edu><br>
> 08/22/2008 03:04 PM<br>
> <br>
> To<br>
> Paul T Williams <pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu><br>
> cc<br>
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> Subject<br>
> Re: Steinway M plate removal<br>
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> <br>
> Hi Paul,<br>
> <br>
> You might run this by the CAUT list. I'll write to you what
we do<br>
> after we've unpacked our moving boxes... as we finally moved the entire<br>
> clan to Oberlin this week! All best on the new school year at<br>
> Nebraska.<br>
> <br>
> Best,<br>
> Robert<br>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
> ---------------------------<br>
> Robert A. Murphy<br>
> Piano Technician & Curator of Fortepianos<br>
> Oberlin Conservatory of Music<br>
> cell: 517.285.3269<br>
> shop: 440.775.8275<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Aug 20, 2008, at 03:33 PM, Paul T Williams wrote:<br>
> <br>
>> <br>
>> Hi Robert!<br>
>> <br>
>> How's life in Oberlin? Have you settled in your new home
and family<br>
>> additions going well? How's Charlie?<br>
>> <br>
>> Say I have a question on plate removal.<br>
>> <br>
>> It's been many many years since I pulled a plate and I'm doing
an<br>
>> in-house rebuild on a 1926 Steinway M. If you could, please
remind me<br>
>> what to measure before I start taking screws out, etc. I've
de-strung<br>
>> it now and ordered my bass strings from Arledge. I think,
as we did<br>
>> in the Steinway seminar, ordering hammers/shanks/flanges all pre
hung<br>
>> from Steinway.<br>
>> <br>
>> I'm also going to refinish the plate as it's original and UGLY.
What<br>
>> have you used for prepping the plate before refinishing?<br>
>> <br>
>> This is going to be an interesting piano. Right now it's
a kind of<br>
>> yucky greenish walnut and is by far the ugliest piano we have.
I<br>
>> should have shown it to you when you were here.<br>
>> Instead of paying $1,000/foot to refinish it and since it's only
a<br>
>> practice room, I'm going to paint it Husker Red with a glossy
black<br>
>> plate!! I might even put a big white N on the lid. I'll post some
pics<br>
>> to you after my wife teaches me how to do it! I'll take
before pics<br>
>> tomorrow so you can see the ugliness.<br>
>> <br>
>> Enough rambling. Please send any hints along for the plate
removal.<br>
>> <br>
>> Thanks<br>
>> <br>
>> Paul T. Williams RPT<br>
>> Piano Technician<br>
>> School of Music<br>
>> 5 Westbrook Bldg.<br>
>> University of Nebraska<br>
>> Lincoln, NE 68588-0100<br>
>> pwilliams4@unl.edu<br>
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