Baldwin Designs, etc.

[James Grebe]

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A fellow I used to work for in the 70's routinely would remove every =
other plate bolt and replate them and then switch so all of them would =
be replated.  Never encountered any problems.  Probably no worse than =
when bands used to tour with B's and would remove the screwed on truss =
bar so they could fit in the Helpinstill mikes.
Jim
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  From: Delwin D Fandrich=20
  To: deanmay@pianorebuilders.com ; 'Pianotech'=20
  Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:19 PM
  Subject: RE: Baldwin Designs, etc.






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On Behalf Of Dean May
    Sent: August 22, 2005 5:46 PM
    To: 'Pianotech'
    Subject: RE: Baldwin Designs, etc.


    Why not? I do it all the time.

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    Del=20

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    Del, you have a special license that gives you permission to do =
things that terrify the rest of us.  ;-)

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    Dean

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  No. I just ponder this stuff. And I wonder why a lot.

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  And then, when I look at a plate with a bunch of hitchpins up at one =
end and I think about how much stress is really on that section of the =
plate I end up thinking, "well, why not?" The plate bolts don't really =
carry any of the string tension load. At least not through the upper =
half or so of the plate. And it's debatable if they carry any of down =
below. So, what danger is there really in removing a few plate bolts? At =
worst it's going to want to bow up a bit and I can prevent that by =
lightly clamping the plate down through the area as I go.=20

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  So, while I don't recommend the practice -- I'm not in your shop and I =
don't know all of the mitigating circumstances -- I'll simply say that I =
do it all the time for various reasons. Some of which I could probably =
have avoided if it weren't so easy to change things later on.

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  Del

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