[pianotech] Cracked plate

[Ron Nossaman]

Bryn Latta wrote:
> I'm pretty new to this, so please forgive my naivete:
> I looked at an upright piano for a customer. It had a crack in the plate 
> from the bottom treble corner of the open-faced pin block. I thought 
> that this area might not be that structurally significant, since the 
> frame of the piano is pretty massive and the crack isn't between the 
> string attachment points. But then, something must have made it crack, 
> the plate screw just above in the photo, maybe. Otherwise the piano 
> seems pretty nice for its age. Is it junk? Any thoughts?

It might well be junk, but it's probably not because of the 
plate crack. I'd call that minimal risk.
Ron N