broken plate

[Farrell]

IMHO, whereas I like to do everything myself, I certainly am aware of the benefits of subbing out some piano rebuilding/repair tasks. And whereas doing the stitch-n-lock process looks like oodles of fun to do, a task like this that one will likely only run into once in their career - if ever, well let's just say that a reasonable argument can be made to sub this work out.

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

  Well they aren't ALL quite that expensive &c. There's a crusty ol' fellow in the greater Boston area who has been doing it forever & (at least a couple years ago) was very very reasonable. Charged a colleague about $450 to mend a shattered plate. We invited him to give a tech presentation for the local PTG meeting. While he had a slide show of various boilers, engines, & other heavy duty stuff that he had mended better than new, he really wasn't ready to teach *us* how to do it in one evening. A bit taciturn, and protective of his "trade secrets." Can't blame him for that, and his prices were extremely reasonable.
  Patrick Draine


  On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Fenton Murray <fmurray at cruzio.com> wrote:

    They fly these guys out to ships dead in the water to repair engine blocks.
    They had just returned from a power plant in another country when I was
    there. Pretty amazing. They have dozens of patents on their hardware.
    Fenton


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