<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR> <BR> Right. That's complete crown failure. I rarely see complete crown failure <BR> in any grand, high quality or low, new or old. I do, however, see a lot of <BR> negative crown from octave 5 up.<BR> <BR> And what might the probable location be for soundboard cracks, besides in <BR> the panel?<BR> <BR> Ron N<BR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"><I>       </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"><B></I>  Teacher? would that be the preeminent crack right next to the long bridge per chance?<BR>    Dale</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"></B><I><BR> </I></FONT></HTML>