[pianotech] Weird Pease Grand

[David Ilvedson]

Cool that I got one right...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Mike Spalding" <mike.spalding1 at verizon.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 8/30/2009 3:41:05 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Weird Pease Grand


>Cool.  I don't think I've ever seen a plate with more than one horn.  Is 
>the third one at the treble break (off the lower left corner of your 
>photo)?  It almost looks like there's a projection off of the belly rail 
>to mate with the horns.  Is it metal, or wood?  In some pianos with a 
>cast bracket that holds the front ends of the beams, a part of the 
>bracket (or maybe a separate bolt) will pass through the belly rail to 
>meet the horn.  Couples the plate directly to the beams and rim - very 
>solid support for string tension.

>pianolover 88 wrote:
>> I had taken some pics for before & after reference, and this is the 
>> best pic I found that shows the area where those little "wedges" fit. 
>> Two of three "spaces" are visible in this pic.
>>
>> Terry Peterson
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>> > Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:38:41 -0500
>> > From: mike.spalding1 at verizon.net
>> > To: pianotech at ptg.org
>> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Weird Pease Grand
>> >
>> > Between needs two objects. the underside of the plate is one, what's
>> > the other??
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
>> > pianolover 88 wrote:
>> > > This time I looked closed and noticed that each of the three total
>> > > pieces had fallen out of a spaces between the underside of the plate!
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > 
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