<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hello,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What exacly is the <FONT color=#000040>lock & stich = procedure? I have never heard of it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000040></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000040>Jean-Jacques Granas</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 05, 2004 = 11:42 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Looking for M = & H AA Plate</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/5/2004 8:49:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, <A href="mailto:jminor@uiuc.edu">jminor@uiuc.edu</A> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"><FONT face=Arial>I'm looking to replace a broken plate in a AA serial = #31259. It is a plate<BR>style "X". Please email any information = to:<BR><BR>John Minor<BR>University of Illinois<BR><A = href="mailto:jminor@uiuc.edu">jminor@uiuc.edu</A></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></= DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" = color=#000040>    <FONT size=3> John</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3>     How broken is it? And Are aware that = a process called lock & stich can repair almost all broken plates. This is a = non welding procedure. The inventor/fabricator is located near me In = turlock Ca. I own Mason AA my self & am surprised that such a massive plate is broken.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3>  Details.?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 = size=3>   Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>