<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If the school has replacement insurance, it is a no brainer,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Replace the piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Repair thought.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tip piano and push parts back into place from inside the piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tip upright and check alignment of parts.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lightly spray activator on cracked area.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tape over cracked area.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tip piano and fill cracks with thin CA.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tip upright and remove tape.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Add cover to back if repair is unsightly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Speaker cloth would work well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=kswafford@gmail.com href="mailto:kswafford@gmail.com">Kent Swafford</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:05 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] punched soundboard</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>See below.<BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Carl Root <<A href="mailto:carldroot@comcast.net">carldroot@comcast.net</A>> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">This damage would clearly affect its resale value, but since these<BR>pianos are mostly used up and discarded, then we're looking at its<BR>functional value, aren't we? </BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Right?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><SPAN id=""></SPAN><BR>What does it sound like? </BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>No rattling/buzzing so far. There are randomly spaced, dead-sounding notes in the bass.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Kent</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><SPAN id=""></SPAN><BR>Carl D. Root, RPT<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=Wj3C7c><BR><BR><BR>On Mar 5, 2008, at 11:49 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:<BR><BR>><BR>>> Discovered this morning, Yamaha U1 in the band/orchestra room; was<BR>>> a very nice piano until this.<BR>>> Looks like it met with the business end of a hammer, or a<BR>>> percussionist's mallet, perhaps.<BR>>> What would _you_ tell an insurance company about what it would<BR>>> take to do a cosmetically pleasing repair?<BR>>> Kent Swafford<BR>><BR>> Cosmetically pleasing would be a nice neat back cover. A realistic<BR>> functional recovery fix is soundboard replacement. In other words,<BR>> it's totaled.<BR>> Ron N<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>