I have a lot of rosewood veneer saved up, if you need it. Thump --- Mike McCoy <mjmccoy@usa.com> wrote: > 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..... > > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Larry Hofer > To: mjmccoy@usa.com ; pianotech@ptg.org > Cc: pianotech@ptg.org > 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 > Corona Ca. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
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