Plate Break after restringing-Preliminary report

[Jon Page]

Warren,
In this case I would repair it as best possible without destringing and
tune it flat.
Also leave a message near the tuning pins for future tuners to be aware
of the piano's condition.

I had a 9' plate repair, cracked on the two vertical struts in treble on
the tuning
pin side. A knowledgeable welder recommended a key to lock the struts. He
drilled
a hole thru the crack (commenting on the softenss in the center) and
threaded a
self-tapping steel bolt. Then he used a die grinder to trim the bolt flush.
It has been maintaining pitch for over ten years. 

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 09:00 PM 11/1/97 -0800, you wrote:
>My customer came in today, looked at the crack, which is all the way
>through the hitch pin area between two struts, and said "Wow! That's big
>isn't it?  I thought it was just a little crack in the wood or something!"


Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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