Del, You may be right. I had simply taken a little material out of the soundboard at each bolt and turned down the nose bolts a tad, because there had been too little downbearing before. I had failed to keep good track of shim placement when I took the piano apart, and did not 'rediscover' them, neatly packaged and labeled, until after the plate was down. There were four 1/4 inch and less shims in the high treble under that last section. So I would guess that you would consider my crack caused by my torquing the frame at the high treble. The Crack begins near the last nosebolt, at a thin part of the frame under and to the right of the strut. That strut houses the highest nosebolt. From there the crack heads to the upper right, ending about four inches in. You make me think that I have stressed the frame by perhaps leaving the bolt too high, then leaving out the shims, forcing the frame unnaturally. Does this make sense? Roger Hayden, RPT PS, the owners were here last night, the husband said his wife had been crying for four days. HOOooboy. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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