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  • 1.  Scrap value of plate

    Posted 03-12-2013 17:34
    From paulmulik@yahoo.com
    
    Someone asked me the other day about the scrap value of the metals in a junk piano. I told him it would be next to impossible to get the copper off the bass strings, but does anyone know about how much a scrap metal yard would pay for the plate from a large upright? What does the plate weigh by itself anyway, maybe 250-300 pounds?
    
    Paul Mulik
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  • 2.  Scrap value of plate

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 03-12-2013 18:12
    From Dale Erwin <erwinspiano@aol.com>
    
    $180 per ton. Plate weighs 400?dothe math
    
    Sent from my iPhone
    
    On Mar 12, 2013, at 4:34 PM, paulmulik@yahoo.com wrote:
    
    > Someone asked me the other day about the scrap value of the metals in a junk piano. I told him it would be next to impossible to get the copper off the bass strings, but does anyone know about how much a scrap metal yard would pay for the plate from a large upright? What does the plate weigh by itself anyway, maybe 250-300 pounds?
    > 
    > Paul Mulik
    > Sent from my U.S. Cellular BlackBerry® smartphone
    


  • 3.  Scrap value of plate

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 03-12-2013 18:21
    From tnrwim@aol.com
    
    $180 per ton. Plate weighs 400?dothe math
    
    
    
    
    $36.00  
    
     
    
    
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Dale Erwin <erwinspiano@aol.com>
    To: paulmulik <paulmulik@yahoo.com>; pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
    Sent: Tue, Mar 12, 2013 2:12 pm
    Subject: Re: [pianotech] Scrap value of plate
    
    
    $180 per ton. Plate weighs 400?dothe math
    
    Sent from my iPhone
    
    On Mar 12, 2013, at 4:34 PM, paulmulik@yahoo.com wrote:
    
    > Someone asked me the other day about the scrap value of the metals in a junk 
    piano. I told him it would be next to impossible to get the copper off the bass 
    strings, but does anyone know about how much a scrap metal yard would pay for 
    the plate from a large upright? What does the plate weigh by itself anyway, 
    maybe 250-300 pounds?
    > 
    > Paul Mulik
    > Sent from my U.S. Cellular BlackBerry® smartphone
    
     
    


  • 4.  Scrap value of plate

    Posted 03-13-2013 12:14
    From "Dean May" <deanmay@pianorebuilders.com>
    
    400 lbs would be a pretty big piano. I took in an aluminum frame out of a console, along with a bunch of other scrap and got $40 total. Paid me about $5/hr to get it all apart. :-p
    
    Dean
    Dean W May                (812) 235-5272 voice and text 
    PianoRebuilders.com    (888) DEAN-MAY        
    Terre Haute IN 47802
    -----Original Message-----
    From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dale Erwin
    Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 8:12 PM
    To: paulmulik@yahoo.com; pianotech@ptg.org
    Subject: Re: [pianotech] Scrap value of plate
    
    $180 per ton. Plate weighs 400?dothe math
    
    Sent from my iPhone
    
    On Mar 12, 2013, at 4:34 PM, paulmulik@yahoo.com wrote:
    
    > Someone asked me the other day about the scrap value of the metals in a junk piano. I told him it would be next to impossible to get the copper off the bass strings, but does anyone know about how much a scrap metal yard would pay for the plate from a large upright? What does the plate weigh by itself anyway, maybe 250-300 pounds?
    > 
    > Paul Mulik
    > Sent from my U.S. Cellular BlackBerry® smartphone
    
    
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  • 5.  Scrap value of plate

    Posted 03-13-2013 12:27
    From Ron Nossaman <rnossaman@cox.net>
    
    On 3/13/2013 1:13 PM, Dean May wrote:
    > 400 lbs would be a pretty big piano. I took in an aluminum frame out
    > of a console, along with a bunch of other scrap and got $40 total.
    > Paid me about $5/hr to get it all apart. :-p
    
    You need to learn to work faster. You could have made $7.50.
    Ron N
    


  • 6.  Scrap value of plate

    Posted 03-13-2013 12:33
    From "Dean May" <deanmay@pianorebuilders.com>
    
    No kidding! :-)
    
    It was a fun time with the kids though as they helped and I used the $40 to take them out for ice cream. So my net profit was even lower. 
    
    Dean
    Dean W May                (812) 235-5272 voice and text 
    PianoRebuilders.com    (888) DEAN-MAY        
    Terre Haute IN 47802
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman
    Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 2:27 PM
    To: pianotech@ptg.org
    Subject: Re: [pianotech] Scrap value of plate
    
    On 3/13/2013 1:13 PM, Dean May wrote:
    > 400 lbs would be a pretty big piano. I took in an aluminum frame out 
    > of a console, along with a bunch of other scrap and got $40 total.
    > Paid me about $5/hr to get it all apart. :-p
    
    You need to learn to work faster. You could have made $7.50.
    Ron N
    
    
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  • 7.  Scrap value of plate

    Posted 03-13-2013 12:37
    From "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
    
    I always just bust up what I can, take the loose pieces and take the rest to the dump. I get maybe half that but it only takes me about an hour from start to finish (all tools put away). I love to swing that sledge hammer. Cathartic, if you know what I mean.
    
    
    Greg Newell
    Greg's Piano Forte
    216-226-3791 (office)
    216-470-8634 (mobile)
    www.gregspianoforte.com
    gpf@ameritech.net
    
    
    
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dean May
    Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 2:33 PM
    To: pianotech@ptg.org
    Subject: Re: [pianotech] Scrap value of plate
    
    No kidding! :-)
    
    It was a fun time with the kids though as they helped and I used the $40 to take them out for ice cream. So my net profit was even lower. 
    
    Dean
    Dean W May                (812) 235-5272 voice and text 
    PianoRebuilders.com    (888) DEAN-MAY        
    Terre Haute IN 47802
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman
    Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 2:27 PM
    To: pianotech@ptg.org
    Subject: Re: [pianotech] Scrap value of plate
    
    On 3/13/2013 1:13 PM, Dean May wrote:
    > 400 lbs would be a pretty big piano. I took in an aluminum frame out 
    > of a console, along with a bunch of other scrap and got $40 total.
    > Paid me about $5/hr to get it all apart. :-p
    
    You need to learn to work faster. You could have made $7.50.
    Ron N
    
    
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  • 8.  Scrap value of plate

    Posted 03-18-2013 18:26
    From Noah Frere <noahfrere@gmail.com>
    
    That might make a good Chapter fundraiser, get about 5 pianos together and
    bring in a couple hundred bucks,
    
    Jim - do you still have those pianos in the backyard?
    
    
    On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net> wrote:
    
    > I always just bust up what I can, take the loose pieces and take the rest
    > to the dump. I get maybe half that but it only takes me about an hour from
    > start to finish (all tools put away). I love to swing that sledge hammer.
    > Cathartic, if you know what I mean.
    >
    >
    > Greg Newell
    > Greg's Piano Forte
    > 216-226-3791 (office)
    > 216-470-8634 (mobile)
    > www.gregspianoforte.com
    > gpf@ameritech.net
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
    > Behalf Of Dean May
    > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 2:33 PM
    > To: pianotech@ptg.org
    > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Scrap value of plate
    >
    > No kidding! :-)
    >
    > It was a fun time with the kids though as they helped and I used the $40
    > to take them out for ice cream. So my net profit was even lower.
    >
    > Dean
    > Dean W May                (812) 235-5272 voice and text
    > PianoRebuilders.com    (888) DEAN-MAY
    > Terre Haute IN 47802
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
    > Behalf Of Ron Nossaman
    > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 2:27 PM
    > To: pianotech@ptg.org
    > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Scrap value of plate
    >
    > On 3/13/2013 1:13 PM, Dean May wrote:
    > > 400 lbs would be a pretty big piano. I took in an aluminum frame out
    > > of a console, along with a bunch of other scrap and got $40 total.
    > > Paid me about $5/hr to get it all apart. :-p
    >
    > You need to learn to work faster. You could have made $7.50.
    > Ron N
    >
    >
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    >
    


  • 9.  Scrap value of plate

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 03-19-2013 10:48
    From "Coleman, Jim" <jcolem21@utk.edu>
    
    Yes I do.  Three uprights are ready to be destroyed.  One is a player.
    
    
    Jim Coleman, Jr  RPT
    
    Staff Piano Technician-
    
       University of Tennessee
    
    President-
    
         Piano Technicians Guild
    
    jcolem21@utk.edu<mailto:jcolem21@utk.edu>
    
    jcpanoman@colemantools.com<mailto:jcpanoman@colemantools.com>
    
    602-989-0005  Cell
    
    865-465-7100  Home
    
    865-748-4885  UT Office
    
    
    
    ________________________________
    From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] on behalf of Noah Frere [noahfrere@gmail.com]
    Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:25 PM
    To: pianotech@ptg.org; jcpanoman@gmail.com
    Subject: Re: [pianotech] Scrap value of plate
    
    That might make a good Chapter fundraiser, get about 5 pianos together and bring in a couple hundred bucks,
    
    Jim - do you still have those pianos in the backyard?
    
    
    On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net<mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net>> wrote:
    I always just bust up what I can, take the loose pieces and take the rest to the dump. I get maybe half that but it only takes me about an hour from start to finish (all tools put away). I love to swing that sledge hammer. Cathartic, if you know what I mean.
    
    
    Greg Newell
    Greg's Piano Forte
    216-226-3791<tel:216-226-3791> (office)
    216-470-8634<tel:216-470-8634> (mobile)
    www.gregspianoforte.com<http://www.gregspianoforte.com>
    gpf@ameritech.net<mailto:gpf@ameritech.net>
    
    
    
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org<mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org<mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org>] On Behalf Of Dean May
    Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 2:33 PM
    To: pianotech@ptg.org<mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>
    Subject: Re: [pianotech] Scrap value of plate
    
    No kidding! :-)
    
    It was a fun time with the kids though as they helped and I used the $40 to take them out for ice cream. So my net profit was even lower.
    
    Dean
    Dean W May                (812) 235-5272<tel:%28812%29%20235-5272> voice and text
    PianoRebuilders.com    (888) DEAN-MAY
    Terre Haute IN 47802
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org<mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org<mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org>] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman
    Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 2:27 PM
    To: pianotech@ptg.org<mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>
    Subject: Re: [pianotech] Scrap value of plate
    
    On 3/13/2013 1:13 PM, Dean May wrote:
    > 400 lbs would be a pretty big piano. I took in an aluminum frame out
    > of a console, along with a bunch of other scrap and got $40 total.
    > Paid me about $5/hr to get it all apart. :-p
    
    You need to learn to work faster. You could have made $7.50.
    Ron N
    
    
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  • 10.  Scrap value of plate

    Posted 03-22-2013 14:58
    From Noah Frere <noahfrere@gmail.com>
    
    Okay - I'll send an email out to our chapter about it,
    
    
    On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Coleman, Jim <jcolem21@utk.edu> wrote:
    
    >  Yes I do.  Three uprights are ready to be destroyed.  One is a player.
    >
    >  *Jim Coleman, Jr  RPT*
    >
    > Staff Piano Technician-
    >
    >    University of Tennessee
    >
    > President-
    >
    >      *P*iano *T*echnicians *G*uild
    >
    > jcolem21@utk.edu
    >
    > jcpanoman@colemantools.com
    >
    > *602-989-0005  Cell*
    >
    > 865-465-7100  Home
    >
    > 865-748-4885  UT Office
    >
    >
    >   ------------------------------
    > *From:* pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] on behalf
    > of Noah Frere [noahfrere@gmail.com]
    > *Sent:* Monday, March 18, 2013 8:25 PM
    > *To:* pianotech@ptg.org; jcpanoman@gmail.com
    >
    > *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] Scrap value of plate
    >
    >   That might make a good Chapter fundraiser, get about 5 pianos together
    > and bring in a couple hundred bucks,
    >
    >  Jim - do you still have those pianos in the backyard?
    >
    >
    > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net>wrote:
    >
    >> I always just bust up what I can, take the loose pieces and take the rest
    >> to the dump. I get maybe half that but it only takes me about an hour from
    >> start to finish (all tools put away). I love to swing that sledge hammer.
    >> Cathartic, if you know what I mean.
    >>
    >>
    >> Greg Newell
    >> Greg's Piano Forte
    >> 216-226-3791 (office)
    >> 216-470-8634 (mobile)
    >> www.gregspianoforte.com
    >> gpf@ameritech.net
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> -----Original Message-----
    >> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
    >> Behalf Of Dean May
    >> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 2:33 PM
    >> To: pianotech@ptg.org
    >> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Scrap value of plate
    >>
    >> No kidding! :-)
    >>
    >> It was a fun time with the kids though as they helped and I used the $40
    >> to take them out for ice cream. So my net profit was even lower.
    >>
    >> Dean
    >> Dean W May                (812) 235-5272 voice and text
    >> PianoRebuilders.com    (888) DEAN-MAY
    >> Terre Haute IN 47802
    >>
    >> -----Original Message-----
    >> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
    >> Behalf Of Ron Nossaman
    >> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 2:27 PM
    >> To: pianotech@ptg.org
    >> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Scrap value of plate
    >>
    >> On 3/13/2013 1:13 PM, Dean May wrote:
    >> > 400 lbs would be a pretty big piano. I took in an aluminum frame out
    >> > of a console, along with a bunch of other scrap and got $40 total.
    >> > Paid me about $5/hr to get it all apart. :-p
    >>
    >> You need to learn to work faster. You could have made $7.50.
    >> Ron N
    >>
    >>
    >> -----
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    >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
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    >>
    >>
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