[CAUT] punched soundboard

[Kent Swafford]

See below.

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Carl Root <carldroot at comcast.net> wrote:

> This damage would clearly affect its resale value, but since these
> pianos are mostly used up and discarded, then we're looking at its
> functional value, aren't we?


Yes, well, that is the question I'm asking. In terms of school pianos, one
could fill the thing with glue and pull the broken pieces mostly back into
position, but the damage would forever be visible. Looking at the situation
that way, the piano isn't totaled. But to do a repair in which the damage is
"erased" would cost way more than the piano is worth; in that respect, the
instrument is clearly totaled.

Right?


>
> What does it sound like?


No rattling/buzzing so far. There are randomly spaced, dead-sounding notes
in the bass.

Thanks,

Kent


>
> Carl D. Root, RPT
>

>
>
> On Mar 5, 2008, at 11:49 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:
>
> >
> >> Discovered this morning, Yamaha U1 in the band/orchestra room; was
> >> a very nice piano until this.
> >> Looks like it met with the business end of a hammer, or a
> >> percussionist's mallet, perhaps.
> >> What would _you_ tell an insurance company about what it would
> >> take to do a cosmetically pleasing repair?
> >> Kent Swafford
> >
> > Cosmetically pleasing would be a nice neat back cover. A realistic
> > functional recovery fix is soundboard replacement. In other words,
> > it's totaled.
> > Ron N
>
>
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