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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

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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  

 




    
                                                
    
					
                                                    

        
                                                
				
    
                                                
    
                                                    
                                                        
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  • 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

    
                                                
    
					
                                                    

        
                                                
				
    
                                                
    
                                                    
                                                        
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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


    
                                                
    
					
                                                    

        
                                                
				
    
                                                
    
                                                    
                                                        
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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





    
                                                
    
					
                                                    

        
                                                
				
    
                                                
    
                                                    
                                                        
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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
>
>
>
>
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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



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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>





    
                                                
    
					
                                                    

        
                                                
				
    
                                                
    
                                                    
                                                        
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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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 
    
                                                
    
					
                                                    

        
                                                
				
    
                                                
    
                                                    
                                                        
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