Broken Plate

Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Sat Oct 6 03:39:48 MDT 2007


"...you didn't harm it much by breaking the plate!" 

Semantics police says: He didn't break the plate! The plate broke!

Important distinction, IMHO.

Terry Farrell
  ----- Original Message ----- 

  Never, Never raise a laminated Currier plate to A-440.  I've seen two in my life - One was already broken - the second was at A-440, so I tuned it there, after first warning the customer the plate may break during tuning, and  the plate may break in the future.   Remember the distinctive look of this plate so you will recognize it in the future.  The giveaway is the smooth finish,  tuning pins separated by a large margin (to spread out the tension, I suppose) and the thick plate profile (best seen by the bridges).   The piano was junk before you tuned it, so you didn't harm it much by breaking the plate!

  Bob Maret, RPT
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20071006/5731833a/attachment.html 


More information about the Pianotech mailing list

This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC