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  • 1.  Plate strut drill hole - Seiler Grand Piano

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 06-26-2019 00:32
    Well, this is the wildest thing I have ever seen. A drill hole through a plate strut. 

    Seiler Grand Piano Model 145. Built around 1930-35. The piano is currently 10 cents flat.

    Has anyone ever seen anything like this?

    Paul.

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    Paul Brown, RPT
    President
    Piano Technicians Guild
    Vancouver, BC Canada
    Email: pres@ptg.org
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  • 2.  RE: Plate strut drill hole - Seiler Grand Piano

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 06-26-2019 01:24
    A hole like the one in your picture might have been drilled to stop a crack from propagating. 
    I've not seen one drilled in a plate before.

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    John Rhodes
    Vancouver WA
    360-721-0728
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  • 3.  RE: Plate strut drill hole - Seiler Grand Piano

    Member
    Posted 06-28-2019 13:18
    Not sure why it was done to this piano but to install a mute rail for a piano disc system requires drilling through the horn or a plate strut. I am not sure a drilled hole would stop a plate crack . I just finished piano disc re-certification training and one of the large Mason & Hamlins had such a hole. I have a picture I can send you

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    James Kelly
    Pawleys Island SC
    843-325-4357
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  • 4.  RE: Plate strut drill hole - Seiler Grand Piano

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 06-28-2019 14:46
    That would be great James!

    Please send me the photo.

    Paul.

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    Paul Brown, RPT
    President
    Piano Technicians Guild
    Vancouver, BC Canada
    Email: pres@ptg.org
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