<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=Windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> David,   You can have this crack repaired by = ‘metal stitching’.  This system is very successful and has been used for many years to repair cast iron.   I have had a Collard & Collard repaired with a break in the same plate area, but more to the middle – just to the left of the treble break. This piano has been at A440 and = stable for 12 Years.   Kerry Cooper Brisbane, Australia   -----Original Message----- From: David Love [mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net] Sent: Thursday, 26 February 2004 3:27 PM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Broken = Plate   <div> <div> Here is the = original post </div> <div>   </div> <div> Ran into an 1890 = Hobart Cable upright with a broken plate. Open face </div> <div> pinblock with = full plate (above and below block). The horizontal section </div> <div> of the plate = which lies just below the pinblock and tapers down to about 1 </div> <div> 1/4" wide = where it joins the treble side of the plate is cracked at that </div> <div> juncture. There = are large plate screws all along this horizontal section </div> <div> which secure to = the frame underneath. The screw which is nearest the break </div> <div> is about 10" = to the bass side. The piano is 25 cents flat but seems to be </div> <div> fairly well in = tune with itself. Original strings. Impossible to tell how </div> <div> long the crack = has been there--though I wonder if in tightening the plate </div> <div> screws, this = small arm of the plate wasn't stressed due to bad fitting </div> <div> underneath and = the plate has been cracked from the outset. Am I getting </div> <div> into any trouble = to try and tune the piano? Since the crack exists on a </div> <div> horizontal = section and since that section is mostly secured with plate </div> <div> screws, it = appears that it is not having any effect on the tuning </div> <div> stability. = </div> </div> <div>   </div> <div> <div> David = Love </div> <div> <a href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n= et</a> </div> <div>   </div> </div> <div>   </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black = 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div> ----- Original Message = ----- </div> <div style='font-color:black'> From: <a href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com" title="Piannaman@aol.com"></a> </div> <div> To: = <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" = title="pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> </div> <div> Sent:</span= > 2/25/2004<font= size=2 face=Arial> 7:48:33 AM = </div> <div> Subject:</s= pan> Re: Broken Plate </div> <div>   </div> In a = message dated 2/24/04 7:38:54 PM Pacific Standard Time, davidlovepianos@earthlink.net writes: Recall the broken plate I = talked about awhile ago.  Attached is a picture. I tuned the piano where it was (-20c) and it seemed to be stable enough. = Any thoughts about potential problems? David, It looks like a low stress-point to me...but then, what do I know? =  I'd be curious to find out how it holds up, and, if possible, to find out how = long it's been in its current state. I missed the original post.  Is this a Chickering Quarter Grand?  I've seen one of those cracked at or near the same = place. </blockquote> </div> </! BODY> </body> </html> --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.580 / Virus Database: 367 - Release Date: 6/02/2004