broken plate

[Ron Nossaman]

>Very sad. Very very sad. If it makes you feel any
>better, the University today placed one of my finest
>pianos, Victorian Everett, in excellent condition,
>( which they had borrowed for their Xmas program )in
>front of big, sunny, plate glass window. Veneer popped
>loose, beams and soundboard cracked. Oh well. Nothing
>lasts forever.

True, nothing lasts forever, but from excellent condition to loose veneer, 
and cracked beams and soundboard in less than a day? Turbo aging? Pretty 
impressive. That's a powerful University.

Ron N