Thanks, Mark. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Wisner" <mwisner at earthlink.net> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 9:00 PM Subject: Re: cracks in rim > I've never seen a crack as pictured cause a problem, but for cosmetic > reasons, when a piano has been returned to us sporting an open crack in > the rim we flip 'em belly up and fill the void with thinned epoxy. > The advice posted earlier to mark it and monitor is sound. > > Mark Wisner > > -----Original Message----- >>From: Barbara Richmond <piano57 at insightbb.com> >>Sent: Sep 6, 2007 12:56 PM >>To: Pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> >>Subject: cracks in rim >> >>Howdy, >> >>I just serviced a 15 year old KG-2. While I was underneath the piano >>taking care of noisy trapwork, I noticed a crack all the way around the >>rim. It looks like it is between the inner(?) and outer(?) rim. In some >>places I could easy insert my feeler gauge 1" or more. Unfortunately, I >>had left my camera in my shop, but the piano's owner let me use her camera >>phone to take pictures. Sorry about the picture quality--hope you can >>see. I would like opinions--is the piano in trouble? Should it be >>fixed? How? >> >>Thanks, >> >>Barbara Richmond, RPT >>near Peoria, Illinois >>
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