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WICKHAM
Piano Plates
WICKHAM piano plates with over SIXTY YEARS of "KNOW HOW" and
experience in GREY IRON FOUNDRY PRACTICE behind them, continue
to be a strict specification in the building of America's finest pianos,
BECAUSE:
1. The great WICKHAM GREY IRON FOUNDRY is the largest and oldest
piano plate foundry in the United States making plates for the piano trade.
2. The WICKHAM organization has consistently carried on extensive
research work to improve the physical properties of piano plates so
necessary to the long life of fine pianos.
3. WICKHAM PLATES are made from high quality pig irons carefully
selected and blended by chemical analysis resulting in GREY IRON CAST
PLATES of the tensile strength and rigidness required to properly with-
stand the tremendous string tension of the piano scale for the lifetime
of the piano.
4. WICKHAM PLATES are the finest quality GREY CAST IRON and no
SOFT or LIGHTWEIGHT METALS such as magnesium, aluminum, etc., are
used as substitutes. Piano manufacturers insist on the WICKHAM CAST
GREY IRON PIANO PLATES so vitally necessary to give the piano a long
life of fine service.
The WICKHAM foundry has the MOST MODERN MATCH PLATE MA-
CHINE MOLDING AND SAND HANDLING EQUIPMENT IN THE IN-
DUSTRY, much of it especially designed for the very accurate require-
ments of piano plate casting.
HENRY
WICKHAM,
FOUNDER .
ESTABLISHED 1885
INCORPORATED 19 0 3
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CELEBRATED WICKHAM PLATES.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, MAY, 1946
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