<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV></DIV> <DIV>Hi Alan,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Check the plate real carefully just below the pinblock - it may well be cracked at the tenor/treble break and at the next strut up towards the treble end of the piano.  The crack would probably be vertical - extending from the plate bolt holes.  I just finished rebuilding my second one of these in the past year and both of them were cracked.  Poor design - which I corrected - was the cause of the cracks.  I am keeping  these both 100 cents flat! (they were both family heirlooms)<BR> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Steve Grattan</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Lost Chord Clinic</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><BR><BR> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: "reggaepass@aol.com" <reggaepass@aol.com><BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:15:16 PM<BR>Subject: pitch for 1903 Hinze<BR><BR> <DIV>List,<BR><BR>A client has a 1903 HInze upright (mfg'd by Kimball, according to the <BR>Atlas).  It has an open pinblock.  They don't know when it was last <BR>tuned, but all notes were from 50 to 90 cents flat of A=440.<BR><BR>The question is: does anyone know for sure if this piano was meant to <BR>be tuned to A=440?  And if not 440, what then?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Alan Eder<BR><BR><BR>________________________________________________________________________<BR>Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - <BR><A href="http://mail.aol.com/" target=_blank>http://mail.aol.com</A></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV></div></body></html>