<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Greg,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After hearing from some folks, it seems it's a cosmetic problem--which is a relief.  You know, I've heard it before, but the term "simply invert the piano" doesn't sound... well...so simple.  I guess I need piano inverting lessons (or not).  I'm sure glad it wasn't on the RPT technical test--"And now, Miss. Bennett, please invert this piano."   Umm....   ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara (Bennett) </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>near Peoria, Illinois</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </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">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=gnewell@ameritech.net href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">Greg Newell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 06, 2007 9:49 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: cracks in rim</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Barbara,<BR><BR>I doubt that it will make a huge difference to the ear of your customer unless their one of your high end clients. If so I would simply invert the piano and soak epoxy into the crack. It might help. Are you fixing a sound problem or a cosmetic problem?<BR><BR>best,<BR>Greg<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>At 03:56 PM 9/6/2007, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT size=2>Howdy,<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>I just serviced a 15 year old KG-2.  While I was underneath the piano taking care of noisy trapwork, I noticed a crack all the way around the rim.  It looks like it is between the inner(?) and outer(?) rim.  In some places I could easy insert my feeler gauge 1" or more.  Unfortunately, I had left my camera in my shop, but the piano's owner let me use her camera phone to take pictures.  Sorry about the picture quality--hope you can see.   I would like opinions--is the piano in trouble?   Should it be fixed?  How?<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Thanks,<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT<BR>near Peoria, Illinois<BR></FONT> <BR> <BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><X-SIGSEP> <P></X-SIGSEP>Greg Newell<BR>Greg's Piano Forté<BR><A href="http://www.gregspianoforte.com/" eudora="autourl">www.gregspianoforte.com<BR></A>216-226-3791 (office)<BR>216-470-8634 (mobile)<BR><BR>2003,04,05 & 06 winners of <BR>Angie's List Super Service Award<BR></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>