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size=2>Dale:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=880521422-23032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Don't
even know what that is. I have never worked on a plate because 1) I'm relatively
new in the business and 2) I don't have a big shop or the appropriate tools. But
I would love to hear more about the technique, even if I'm not going to be able
to do it myself.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=880521422-23032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=880521422-23032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Greg</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-pianotech@ptg.org
[mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Erwinspiano@AOL.COM<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 23, 2002 7:51
AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Cracked
Plate!<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0
face="Times New Roman Greek" size=3 FAMILY="SERIF">In a message dated
3/23/2002 1:29:16 AM Pacific Standard Time, gcasper@pacbell.net
writes:<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
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Gregg</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial
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Do you lock and
stich??????????????<BR>
Dale Erwin</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial
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TYPE="CITE"><BR>Greetings again list:<BR><BR>Since my post of last week
regarding the strange behaviour of a Pease baby<BR>grand, and heeding the
advice of the few who responded, I have determined<BR>that the plate is
indeed cracked. That's what was causing the chaos in<BR>tuning and
playability. Now the question is... is it worth trying to repair<BR>the
plate on this inexpensive piano, or should I just junk it? The case
is<BR>beautiful and it would seem a shame to just toss it, but I'm not in
a<BR>position to spend beau coup dollars fixing it either. The crack is at
the<BR>end of the last bass strut, the one that's overstrung. The plate is
crack<BR>through completely, farther back than the hitch pins for the tenor
strings<BR>(on the understrung portion). I hope this is making some sense.
Without<BR>pictures or being able to draw this, I feel as though I may not
be<BR>explaining it very well.<BR><BR>In any case, suggestions or ideas
GREATLY appreciated. If I can't fix the<BR>plate, I'm probably donating the
thing to Carl Meyer and his capo bar<BR>hardening experiment.<BR><BR>Thanks
in advance.<BR><BR>Greg Casper<BR>San Jose,
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