Fw: hardware plating

[Erwinpiano]

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 Consider this price    $ 400.00 for say a complete set of stwy hardware
quite PRICEY.  Our local guy can do a set for 200ish.

 Check with the locals in your area.

 Dale Erwin


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nichols" <nicho@lascruces.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: hardware plating


> Mark,
> Our plating service in El Paso gives us a turn around of a couple of days
> and does real nice work. Not been displeased yet. Pricey, though.
Depending
> on number of pieces, up to $400.00 for a real complete (every little
thing,
> kinda) job. Nice buffing, and out of 20-25 sets per month, only a few
large
> screw notch flakes. No lost parts (yet).
>
> Guy
>
> At 05:30 AM 4/19/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >Greetings -
> >
> >Being a little less than satisfied with the hardware plating I have had
> >done in the past, I was wondering if anyone has a place they would
> >recommend as doing good metal finish work, preferably in a reasonable
> >time frame.  I know of several other finishers with the same interest.
> >
> >I see that there is an ad in the Journal from the Whitman Company
> >offering metal finishing with a turn-around of 2-3 weeks.  Has anyone
> >used their services?
> >
> >Mark Potter
> >bases-loaded@juno.com
> >