Crack Problem ... And It's YOUR Piano

[Wimblees@aol.com]

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In a message dated 1/10/03 1:43:48 AM !!!First Boot!!!, tune4u@earthlink.net 
writes:

> Well, it's sorta your piano, it belongs to the US Army so you are, 
> indirectly, paying me to fix it ... 
>  
> Older B. Hamilton studio. 3 long diagonal cracks that traverse the 
> soundboard from edge to edge. 2 of the cracks are on either side of the 
> bass bridge apron so it's as though only maybe 7 percent of the soundboard 
> is directly connected to the bridge, except through the ribs.
>   
> Bass SOUNDS okay but I'm concerned about the structural integrity of 
> bridge/soundboard/ribs in that area.
>   
> They will pay to repair the bridge (eyelash cracks) but I doubt they'd want 
> to do the whole soundboard-shim thing.
>   
> Anyone with more experience, appreciate your comments.
>   
> Thanks,
>   
> Alan Barnard
> 

The cracks themselves are not the problem. The problem is where the 
soundboard is loose from the ribs and/or the bridge. Since I won't pay for 
the soundboard to be replaced on a Hamilton, I suggest you drive screws 
through the ribs and bridge to attach then to the soundboard. If that doesn't 
work, I want to have my piano used for target practice on the range. 

Wim 

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