>In search of opinions! 1880 Bechstein 7' Grand. The highest treble plate >strut has a small crack from the top of the strut to 1/3 of the way towards >the bottom of the strut. I'm looking for welding advice and/or other repair >techniques (besides our dumpster). > >I look forward to massive response! > >Steve Cunningham Dear Steve, I took a class given by Bob Beck on the subject of plate casting last summer in Albuquerque. I learned so much from him. Bob described in great detail a procedure for repairing such cracks successfully and relatively inexpensively. Bob is in the directory; his phone # is 201-884-0404. Good luck! Charles Charles Ball School of Music University of Texas at Austin ckball@mail.utexas.edu
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