Dropped Piano

[Jon Page]

At 06:12 PM 7/8/99 -0500, you wrote: 
>
> I have a 98 year old Ivers and Pond that was dropped on it's back by a
moving
> company.  The first drop was inside the truck from about 2-3 feet high.  The
> piano fell on it's back causing the lid to rip off the hinges.  The second
> drop was when the movers were carrying the piano down the ramp.  This was
> from 3-4 feet high and again the unit fell on it's back.  This time there
was
> some case damage.  The insurance company sent a piano technician out who
> examined the piano and stated that the lid needed repair and the piano a
> tuning.  I have talked to a separate technician who stated that there is
know
> way to tell if the cast iron plate was damaged without performing an X-ray. 
> He stated that there may be metalogical stress fractures to the cast.  My
> question to you experts is: 1. would you sell this piano to your
customers or
> would you repair it.  2. would you recommend that the piano be replaced.
>  
> The insurance company of course feels that the first technicians
diagnosis is
> correct, however, I do not want to find out that after 2-3 tunings that the
> plate was actually cracked and subsequently fractures thereby, leaving me
> with a non-functional piano.
> Please send me your expert opinions.
>  
> Thanks in advance,
> P.T. Calzaretta
>  


Sell it to the moving company, let them sell it
and accept the liability. 

Jon Page,  Harwich Port,  Cape Cod,  Mass.  mailto:jpage@capecod.net
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