[CAUT] punched soundboard

[Ron Nossaman]

>     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?

Right on both counts. It's probably usable as a school piano 
for another 73 years (then "donated" to a church), with some 
glue and creatively applied mechanical fasteners, but that 
wasn't the question. For insurance, it's totaled.

Ron N