Coincedence! He didn't tune the piano, strings were breaking in the attempt, he stopped. The pre-existing fracture got larger, he happened to be there: coincedence. Examine the crack for dust deposited over time in the crack. Did he tighten any plate bolts? By mistake, perhaps the wood screw into a post just beyond the treble break (cringe)? What would be cheaper, a lawyer's fee plus time in court or a replacement piano? Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 02:48 PM 4/1/97 -0500, you wrote: >Dear List & All > >A friend of mine who doesn't have access to this list is presently being >sued for a plate that broke after he attempted to tune a piano. >As he was checking about the condition of the strings by raising a few (not >even to pitch mind you), he broke 3 strings. So he told the owner he would >not tune the piano since the strings were too rusty. He replaced the strings >and left the piano as it was. He was almost out of the door when he heard >"THE NOISE". Now he is asking me to testify as to the plate probably was >faulty to begin with. I wasn't there so I have no evidence. I suspect he is >wright but I don't know how to go about this. I would like to help him and >was wandering if any of you had had that kind of situation before. If yes, >what kind of argument did you use in court, and, were they winning arguments. > >Thank's in advance for your input. > >Marcel Carey, RPT > > > Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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