Foundry Castings

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@optonline.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: August 27, 2002 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: Foundry Castings


> Sure it has a lot to do with why it is in pianos.  If it were hard to
> machine and if it was expensive it would not be in pianos.  The other
> reason is that it has proven it's merit for our purposes and those who
> chose a different material have ended up regretting it.  I am sure there
> were lots and lots of plate failures before they got the specs right.

Besides aluminum what else has been used? Steinways steel castings--and what
was wrong with them? Also the wrought iron of the fortepiano era.

Del