Hi, On the way to a concert an old 6' Steinway grand had an accident. It broke loose from the strap which was holding it up against the wall inside a small moving van.:-{ It seems that it landed on it's top, in the middle of the van floor, slightly protected by a few moving blankets. There is a visible crack on the lid's treble side, the fallboard broke loose from the bass cheekblock hinge, cracking along it's length (about a foot). Some other case damage and a little action damage inside may be related to the fall. The plate and soundboard look OK. It is easy to see cracks in the soundboard, if present. There are no visible, to my eye, cracks in the plate. The owners are concerned about the plate having fine cracks that might not show up to the eye. It seems like a valid concern to me. My question is how would one go about making sure that there are no fine cracks? One could be on the underside and not cause problems until one late night when the wood is creaking or I am sitting there lost, in listening to those beautiful intervals and shimmering beats. I actually can not think of any way to be 100% sure, besides destringing and maybe taking it to the auto repair place for one of those "what-da-ya-call-its" where they test for cracks in engine blocks. There is insurance that would probably cover it, but is it really necessary? I would appreciate hearing anyone else's experience with these kinds of situations. Thank you, Ken Hale, RPT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PianoDB, PianoDB95, PianoDB97 Manage your Piano Service Business Integrates with MS Office Your Spell, a Text Editor/Spell Checker D C AL CODA http://www.dcalcoda.com/ kenhale@dcalcoda.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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