<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> True, but consider that they string it up and tune it before they put on the outer rim. While it does not prove that it was designed to do so it would be pretty poor design work if they didn’t count on it handling all the stress. I mean, we’ve never seen poor design work before in pianos, have we? ;-)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Dean<o:p></o:p> <u1:PersonName u2:st="on">Dean May</u1:PersonName>             cell 812.239.3359 <o:p></o:p> PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 <o:p></o:p> <u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:City u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Terre Haute</st1:City></u1:City> <u1:State u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">IN</u1:State></st1:State>  <u1:PostalCode u2:st="on"><st1:PostalCode w:st="on">47802</u1:PostalCode></st1:PostalCode></st1:place></u1:place><o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Farrell Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 3:40 PM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Pianotech List</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: cracks in rim<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Dean, I think your logic is faulty. "...they make them with that way, with the outer rim assembled at the end. That means the inner rim must be designed to handle all the stress by itself with the outer rim serving primarily a cosmetic function." <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Whereas I will agree with you that the inner rim should be designed to handle all the stress, I find it illogical to assume that the inner rim must be designed to handle the stress.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Big difference IMHO   ;-)<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Terry Farrell<o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div> ----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p> </div> <div style='font-color:black'>  <o:p></o:p> </div> You take the action out, lid off and lid hinges off the rim. Stand it up on the side as normal, then tip it on over. Make sure you have appropriate padding in place for where it comes down. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> First time I saw such cracks I realized that they make them with that way, with the outer rim assembled at the end. That means the inner rim must be designed to handle all the stress by itself with the outer rim serving primarily a cosmetic function. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Dean<o:p></o:p> <U1:PERSONNAME u2:st="on">Dean May</U1:PERSONNAME> <o:p></o:p> </div> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>