[CAUT] soundboard "stress test"

[Ron Nossaman]

Allen Wright wrote:
> this makes perfect sense, Ron. And I suppose the only way to determine 
> the integrity of the glue joints on the board and ribs would be to 
> subject them to the test of time?

I sure don't know any short term tests, unless trying to break 
them counts. And if you try, and can, can you also in a 
non-suspect piano? It gets to be an expensive calibration 
process, and you still end up guessing. The most rational 
thing is to let the piano's owner, and presumably the one who 
bought the insurance, decide.

Ron N