old Bechstein plate

[Farrell]

Good idea. I think you'll find that a magnet sticks to it pretty readily. 
Please let us know!

Terry Farrell

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> Got any magnets in your tool kit?
> ES
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>
>>It has a lovely patina, like one sees on antique brass or bronze objects 
>>(if
>>memory serves, brass is a copper/zinc alloy, and bronze is a copper/tin
>>alloy).  This plate does not look like painted iron at all.  Could it be
>>cast iron which was plated with brass or bronze?
>>
>>I guess I should have taken some pictures of it.
>>
>>--Paul Mulik
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>
>>> I own a 1900 Bechstein grand. It has a traditional cast iron plate. What
>>> makes you think this piano has a bronze plate?
>>>
>>> Terry Farrell