----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Moody" <remoody@midstatesd.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 9:18 PM Subject: Re: Trivia , Who had Aluminum plates? > . Winter's Aluminum plate. > > I tuned a Cable (Nelson ?) console that I think had an aluminum plate. > It was silver colored and had Alcoa stamped on it. I forgot to get the > serial number and didn't think to try my magnetic picker upper on it. > Does anyone know of this company used aluminum plates? ---ric > ric, If it said Alcoa it was . I've seen them mostly on Winter's and almost all were built in 1947-8. Seems to have been a brief experiment. The best part about these things is how light they are. Like lifting a bureau! Probably has nothing to do with the plate, but the side -back glue joint seems to fail on the Winters. Tom Driscoll
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