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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think Locknstich will do a great job. I think
they took advantage of me price wise, I was not happy at all. I've heard of them
doing similar jobs for about 800 to 1200. I think the guy needed to pay his rent
that day and I was a little too trusting. I didn't burn my bridge with them, but
if I need them again I'll be careful. They do sell a kit and instructional DVD (
which I have ), and I think it could be worth doing yourself considering their
price. Also, one must consider shipping a plate.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fenton</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 14, 2008 8:34
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: broken plate</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>IMHO, whereas I like to do everything myself, I
certainly am aware of the benefits of subbing out some piano rebuilding/repair
tasks. And whereas doing the stitch-n-lock process looks like oodles of fun to
do, a task like this that one will likely only run into once in their career -
if ever, well let's just say that a reasonable argument can be made to sub
this work out.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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size=3></FONT> </DIV>Well they aren't ALL quite that expensive &c.
There's a crusty ol' fellow in the greater Boston area who has been doing it
forever & (at least a couple years ago) was very very reasonable.
Charged a colleague about $450 to mend a shattered plate. We invited him to
give a tech presentation for the local PTG meeting. While he had a slide
show of various boilers, engines, & other heavy duty stuff that he had
mended better than new, he really wasn't ready to teach *us* how to do it in
one evening. A bit taciturn, and protective of his "trade secrets." Can't
blame him for that, and his prices were extremely reasonable.
<DIV>Patrick Draine<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Fenton Murray
<<A href="mailto:fmurray@cruzio.com">fmurray@cruzio.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>
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fly these guys out to ships dead in the water to repair engine
blocks.<BR>They had just returned from a power plant in another country
when I was<BR>there. Pretty amazing. They have dozens of patents on their
hardware.<BR><FONT color=#888888>Fenton<BR></FONT>
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