Robert, Be sure to try some different movers next time. Is that the "Butterfingers Moving Company"? I would get a second opinion but I doubt that the plate broke. I once tipped a Hamburg Steinway D from a dolly over onto its lid. Only damage was the action dags were pulled off the keyframe. The Heintzman is a great piano and I would keep it but get the finish repaired perfectly, complete regulation of the action and tuning. David Ilvedson, RPT From: "robert calzaretta" <nucnomad@tcac.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Subject: Dropped Piano Date sent: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 18:12:34 -0500 Send reply to: pianotech@ptg.org > I have a 98 year old Ivers and Pond that was dropped on it's back by a moving company. The first drop was inside the truck from about 2-3 feet high. The piano fell on it's back causing the lid to rip off the hinges. The second drop was when the movers were carrying the piano down the ramp. This was from 3-4 feet high and again the unit fell on it's back. This time there was some case damage. The insurance company sent a piano technician out who examined the piano and stated that the lid needed repair and the piano a tuning. I have talked to a separate technician who stated that there is know way to tell if the cast iron plate was damaged without performing an X-ray. He stated that there may be metalogical stress fractures to the cast. My question to you experts is: 1. would you sell this piano to your customers or would you repair it. 2. would you recommend that the piano > > The insurance company of course feels that the first technicians diagnosis is correct, however, I do not want to find out that after 2-3 tunings that the plate was actually cracked and subsequently fractures thereby, leaving me with a non-functional piano. > Please send me your expert opinions. > > Thanks in advance, > P.T. Calzaretta > > David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA ilvey@jps.net
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