Thanks. Looks like that Lock 'n Stitch is the way to go, maybe with some frame reinforcement as I babbled on about. Good luck. Alan Barnard Salem, Missouri > [Original Message] > From: Christopher Witmer <cdwitmer at spamcop.net> > Cc: <pianotech at ptg.org> > Date: 05/25/2006 6:07:10 PM > Subject: Re: Need to find someone who can repair a broken plate > > Alan Barnard wrote: > > > how did you edit the pictures with > > the cool spotlight effect? > > Sorry, I don't know how that effect was done -- a friend did it for me. > > > what kind of piano is this and why does it have so much value > > This is a very special, rare upright piano (fewer than 100 were built) > with a sound and action that could easily be mistaken for a high-quality > grand piano. In fact, my daughter who studies at a local conservatory of > music says she has never found a piano as fun to play as this one. I > have seven children who are all serious about music and this piano is an > important and irreplaceable part of their education. There is simply not > room in our house for a grand piano -- even a baby grand. (And after > having been "spoiled" on this piano, they would have a hard time being > satisfied with the inferior sound and playability that has characterized > every baby grand we've seen so far.) > > > Are you a piano tech? Working in Japan? > > I work in Japan, but am not a piano technician (unless owning a bunch of > books on the subject can be said to qualify me). > > Again, thanks for any help folks on this list might be able to give me. > > Chris Witmer > Tokyo > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Christopher Witmer <cdwitmer at spamcop.net> > >> Subject: Need to find someone who can repair a broken plate > >> > >> I have an irreplaceable upright piano that my whole family thinks the > >> world of, about 10 years old, now suffering from a broken plate.
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