This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Clark=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Saturday, August 21, 1999 5:11 AM Subject: Re: Was V-Pro, now CASTING plates Del,=20 Fine Woodworking did a small feature on pattern-makers, citing them as = a highly developed combination of woodworking and sculpture, using = either sugar pine or mahogany for materials. I take it that this would = be the case for piano plates as well so things haven't changed much = since Wolfenden's time.=20 No, not much. How does this translate to the prices you cited - designers' fees = added to pattern-makers' fees, plus testing the forms in sand,=20 You would have to ask the foundry about how the prices break down. = Designers' fee would not be included. They would expect you to show up = with a complete design, including full size shrink drawings -- at the = least -- including full cross-sections, drilling details -- these days, = that means x-y coordinates -- and any other information about the design = that they may require. and would it be possible to con Kelley or another foundry into letting = someone do this by themselves with some guidance just for 1-3 plates?=20 Sure, for $10,000 to $30,000, plus the set-up costs. Which would = probably run you about as much as the full order would anyway. DelDelwin D Fandrich Piano Designer & Builder Hoquiam, Washington USA E.mail: pianobuilders@olynet.com Web Site: http://pianobuilders.olynet.com/ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e3/41/d4/96/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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