Cracked Plate

[Jon Page]

At 10:05 AM 07/01/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear List,
>
>I went to tune a customer's  G. Steck grand piano that had been in storage
>on it's side for about a year. The place was air conditioned where the piano
>was stored and the piano was close to pitch. When I went to tune it I
>noticed a vertical crack in the middle of the support strut at the mid- high
>treble range of the piano. The crack goes from the top to the middle of the
>strut and stops. Is it possible for the plate to crack while the piano is
>resting on its side for extended periods?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ed Mashburn, RPT

I think there is more a chance that the piano fell over while in storage
or the crack was there prior to storage.


Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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