<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Cracked Plate</title></head><body> <div>I was thinking the same as you Rob. This problem seems to be more likely to occur when the piano is subjected to higher daily temperature fluctuations. I've noticed a propensity for the Kawai name plates to develop filler cracks in country NSW, where the daily temperature variations are much more extreme than here in the coast. As Rob suggests, probably nothing to worry about.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Ron O.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">Ironically (howz that for a pun?) I just had a similar situation.  A lady called saying that she had a cracked plate around the name plate and asked me to look at it.  It wasn't cracked at all.  In truth it was the heavy filling paint that some manufacturers use to smooth out the plate finish.  A couple jabs with the end of a screwdriver resulted in a chunk of the paint coming off revealing a perfect plate below with no cracks whatsoever.  Based on the pictures I'd say that is what you have here.  Go back and double check.</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">Rob Goodale, RPT</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">Las Vegas, NV</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> <br> <blockquote><b>Subject:</b> FW: Cracked Plate</blockquote> <blockquote><br></blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0000FF">List Members</font></blockquote> <blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0000FF">A fellow tech sent me these pictures a Kawai KG-1 with the plate cracked around the model designation.  The piano has a history of staying in tune at A440</font></blockquote> </blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>and also slightly better stability at the break than most sawn-off 5' grand pianos. Simply because this piano has the break at D30/D#31, which is a much better location than the B27 placement of the great majority of the competition. The most ideal position for the break in the sawn-offs, in my opinion, is E32/F33.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Ron O.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0000FF">, then after a move, the cracks appeared.  They seem to have no affect on the tuning or stability in its new location.  Are they a concern for later or just cosmetic?</font></blockquote> <blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0000FF">Thanks</font></blockquote> <blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0000FF">Paul C</font></blockquote> </blockquote> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY</b></font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><i>   </i></font><font color="#0000FF"><i>Grand Piano Manufacturers</i></font><font color="#000000"><br> _______________________</font></div> <div><font size="-2" color="#000000"><br> </font><font color="#000000">Web http://overspianos.com.au</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">mailto:info@overspianos.com.au<br> _______________________</font></div> </body> </html>