<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Crack Problem ... And It's YOUR Piano</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">... Bass SOUNDS okay but I'm concerned about the structural integrity of bridge/soundboard/ribs in that area.</font>..</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">Anyone with more experience, appreciate your comments.</font>...</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">Alan Barnard</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>I'd leave it alone until it requires repair. It's obviously been that way for sometime.</div> <div><br></div> <div>And I'd bet it will continue on that way for a long time down the road without the bass being affected as so anyone would notice anymore than it is now.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Keith McGavern<br> Registered Piano Technician<br> Oklahoma Chapter 731<br> Piano Technicians Guild</div> <div>USA</div> </body> </html>