<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>You know every= year I tune a 1930's Brambach 5' grand that had the plate= welded.   Welded at the middle strut...possibly the= nose bolt area...?   That sounds like a manufacturing= defect and so it doesn't count...;-]  </DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>David I.</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>----- Original message= ----------------------------------------><BR>From: Tom= Driscoll <<A= href="mailto:tomtuner@comcast.net">tomtuner@comcast.net</A>><= BR>To: Pianotech <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Rec= eived: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:40:40 -0800<BR>Subject: Re: A-440 and= Ethics.</DIV> <DIV align=left><BR> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT:= 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT:= 0px"> <P align=left>Julia,</P> <P align=left>Why don't we ask the List if anyone has had a plate= crack during a pitch raise.   I've been working on= pianos for 30 years and it has never happened to me.  = </P> <P align=left>David I.</P> <P align=left><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial= size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">David,</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>    30 years= experience also and it happened to me on a 1930's Brambach 5'= grand . Not a large pitch raise---just a few cents as I= recall.</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>    A strut= broke between the nose bolt and the capo bar. It sounded like a= rifle shot !</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom= Driscoll RPT</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>