Hard to believe the cast-iron plate would shred, although they are brittle. Hope they pull the metal out with a(n) (electro-)magnet and at least recycle that. Sad to see a lot of these pianos go, but then to rebuild most of them is not profitable unless they a) don't need refinishing, b) don't need a new soundboard and, preferably, c) don't also need a new pinblock, which is rare. Oh, you can do all of the above, but then you have to sell it for about the price of a new one in order to make any money. --David Nereson, RPT <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 6:47 AM, Paul T Williams <<a href="mailto:pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu">pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Here's another funny one; Paul <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJzG7CSYg3U" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJzG7CSYg3U</a> <table width="100%"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td>From: </td><td>"Rob & Helen Goodale" <<a href="mailto:rrg@unlv.nevada.edu" target="_blank">rrg@unlv.nevada.edu</a>> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td>To: </td><td><<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech@ptg.org</a>> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td>Date: </td><td>03/12/2012 12:13 AM </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td>Subject: </td><td>[pianotech] Now THIS is classic!</td></tr></tbody></table> <hr noshade> A classic ending for the life of a piano. ROFLMAO <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5kNtebLcU4&list=LL2zAEcLKVnTuvvKxR8dkl6w&feature=mh_lolz" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5kNtebLcU4&list=LL2zAEcLKVnTuvvKxR8dkl6w&feature=mh_lolz</a> Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV </blockquote></div>