This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Well, I remember WW2 but I was pretty young! Cast iron was in= short supply because of the war effort and not many pianos were= even made during that time period. However, some were made and= cast aluminum was used in a few. As far as I know they were= successful, but aluminum is more expensive than cast iron so= when it became available production went back to iron. At least that's what I've been told by guys old enough to= remember it! dave __________________________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Wally Scherer <afinetune@yahoo.com> To: pt <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Fri, 28 May 2004 13:15:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: aluminum plate Yesterday I tuned a Mehlin & Sons spinet. I was fascinated by the= shiny aluminum looking plate, thinking it was just painted that= way. Then I noticed the name Alcoa cast into the metal and knew= that it was really aluminum. I asked the owner if it was lighter= than other pianos and she said the movers had commented that it= was very light weight. I didn't notice any particular problems as a result of this being= an aluminum plate, so wondered why the practice didn't continue.= Anyone informed as to the history of the aluminum piano plate? Wallace T. Scherer, Piano Technician, Music Educator Piano Tuning & Repairs, Piano Lessons, Edwards String Covers P.O. Box 4121, Lantana, Florida, 33465 Phone: 561-432-4121 Web page: http://www.angelfire.com/biz6/afinetune Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6b/bb/5f/38/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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