---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On Thursday, December 13, 2001, at 08:13 AM, Todd Mapes wrote: > List, > =A0 > This week I experienced my first cracked plate.=A0 It's not an = experience=20 > I would like to have again.=A0 Dear Todd, The Boston Chapter had a technical presentation on plate repair by metal=20= stitching for our November meeting. This is a process which I have heard=20= of for a long time but never had a chance to speak with a practitioner=20= of this procedure. It's for real, he's been fixing engine blocks,=20 boilers, etc. for over 35 years, and a few piano plates too. During the Q&A period a new chapter member -- I forget his name, but=20 he's a new engineer at Mason & Hamlin, worked for Baldwin in the past,=20= etc. related his experiences with broken plates. His advice was to=20 ALWAYS inspect the plate for any suggestions of instability; otherwise=20= any small (or large) claims decision will undoubtedly go AGAINST the=20 technician who is expert and "should know better". Bottom line: we should all have liability insurance. Patrick Draine ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1240 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/55/56/c5/01/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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