Cracked plates

[Les Smith]

>
> About  4 years ago I was contracted by a very nice lady to rebuild a vertical
> ( 80 year old Kimball) that had tremondous sentimental value. Also she had
> refinished the case and had done a truely beautiful job of it. We carefully
> transported it to the shop. And as we were taking the strings off it, a crack
> started to appear in the brace(part of the plate)
> It must have been hidden under the paint. Anyhow we already had recieved (and
> spent) 1/2 of the contracted price. We were absoutely desolate. Then as often
> happens in this business a chain of events happend that led up to our
> discovering some REALLY HI-TECH AND EXPENSIVE  EPOXIE  from  3M in Atlanta.
> This stuff was strong enough to repair central shafts on
> generators!!!!!!!!!!!   It was difficult to use temperature wise and it had a
> long set up period, and very specific requirements concerning cleaning ert.
> etc., etc....   To make a  short story long.... It worked  !!1!!!!
>
> True enough we had to tune it 100% low  but it's back in the lady's house and
> she loves it.............   And I'm still tuning it. and It holds>>>>>>>>>>

I think you meant to say 100 CENTS low, right? 100% low would be 0, in which
case chewing gum could have been used to repair the plate! Sorry, it's been
a tough day and I couldn't resist! :)

Les Smith
lessmith@buffnet.net