This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I must admit I did not look to see if the plate bolts were accessible, = if not then maybe the drilling idea makes sense. I think the idea was to = drill down through the inner rim WITHOUT disturbing the veneer face of = the inner rim, then sawing from hole to hole and removing the inner rim = in one piece, after replacing the inner rim the holes and saw cuts are = filled with epoxy... then the rim top veneer is replaced.... in theory = it sounds like it may work, but man... drilling a 9' rim is a lot of = holes.....=20 Mike ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Larry Hofer=20 To: mjmccoy@usa.com ; pianotech@ptg.org=20 Cc: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 12:31 AM Subject: Re: 1852 Chickering grand plate, 9' On Fri, 23 May 2003 13:24:21 -0400 "Mike McCoy" <mjmccoy@usa.com> = writes: List, Looked at the above piano a customer has in his refinishing shop. The = plate in mortised into the rim like some squares. Someone told him to = drill a million holes down through the inside of the rim and saw the = inner rim out to remove the plate, that doesn't seem right to me, seems = that would make fitting a new board more difficult. For those who have = dealt with this in the past, can the stretcher be removed and the rim = pushed apart slightly with a jack or whatever and the plate slid = forward? Or knock the rim apart completely? Or am I the nutty one... Mike Mike McCoy RPT Chapters 170 & 190 PTG Langhorne, Pa mailto:mjmccoy@usa.com Mike, I too have an old Chickering in my shop for rebuilding and = refinishing like the one you describe. What first caught my eye was that = there did not appear to be any perimeter screws holding the plate down. = There are, but they are under the "inner rim". It looks to me that the = plate was installed in a normal way and then this inner rim was glued in = above the plate and the veneer was put over it. So....... some how this has to be reversed to get the plate = out. Drilling lots of holes in this rim or attacking it with a big = chisel and hammer will sooner or later remove it so the plate will come = out. But then what? What do you do with the inside of this chopped up = rim after the rebuild and the plate is back in the piano. Should a new = "inner rim be made and glued in over the plate? Where would you get some = rosewood veneer that would even come close to matching the rest of the = cabinet? Could the original veneer some how be steamed off and saved to = be re glued later? After all, much of the value and appeal of a piano = like this is in the beautiful fancy rosewood case. It will have to look = good inside and out. I along with Mike I would like to hear if anyone has tackled a piano = like this. Were you able to get the plate out and how did you do it? = What was done to the inside of the rim after the plate was put back in? Thanks Larry Hofer=20 Corona Ca. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/05/b2/b2/68/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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