I could be wrong, of course, but didn't they switch to Wickham first? ddf Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Fabrication 620 South Tower Avenue Centralia, Washington 98531 USA del at fandrichpiano.com ddfandrich at gmail.com Phone 360.736.7563 -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Roger Jolly Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 10:19 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Steinway D What era did Steinway close it's foundry and switch to the Kelly plate company? Kelly plates are less than stellar, one reason that Baldwin cancelled the contact with them. This explain why the Capo bars were harder back then. Regards Roger
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