In a message dated 2/1/00 5:13:11 PM !!!First Boot!!!, tknostf@foxvalley.net writes: << I just finished blasting the hardware on a 1916 Kimball grand. It was all solid brass except for the continuous hinges. They are silver and non magnetic (the hinge rod is brass). I don't think they were plated although it's hard to tell because the piano had been painted (white with gold accents and a portrait of George Washington, or is it Martha - see link below). What metal do suppose this is? Richard Anderson >> The hinge most likely is made out of zinc. I brought a couple of hinges like that to my plater. He brass plated it, but it did not look good. It comes out pitted. Wim
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