21.  I think somebody replaced the "pads" once 22.  It was totally rebuilt (meaning...maybe new bass strings and/or hammers) 23,  If the soundboard has a crack in it, then it's worthless. <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=40%>"Rob & Helen Goodale" <rhgoodale@embarqmail.com> Sent by: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org 07/01/2008 12:45 PM <table border> <tr valign=top> <td bgcolor=white> <div align=center>Please respond to Rob & Helen Goodale <rrg@unlv.nevada.edu>; Please respond to Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org></div></table> <td width=59%> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>To</div> <td><pianotech@ptg.org> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>cc</div> <td> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>Subject</div> <td>SOME COMMON WIVES TALES</table> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <td></table> </table> <tt>Here are a few common or reported piano wives tales.  Feel free to add to the list if you have more. 1.  Plates are made of solid brass 2.  Cases are made of "solid" whatever the veneer happens to be, i.e. "For Sale: solid oak piano". 3.  Full sized uprights are also called grands. 4.  Any old piano MUST be valuable because everyone knows that antiques are priceless. 5.  The piano has had only one owner so therefore it's in good condition. 6.  The piano has had four owners so therefore it must be in poor condition. 7.  The piano used to be owned by the guy who wrote the "Love Boat theme", therefore it's more valuable. 8.  If the keys have real ivory it must be a good piano. 9.  "The salesman told me it's the same brand that Elvis owned so I know its a good piano." 10.  "They just don't make good pianos anymore". 11.  "It was in tune when I bought it but then it went out.  There must be something wrong with it." 12.  "I keep a jar of water under it so that it will stay in tune longer." 13.  "I keep a jar of baking soda inside so that the sound board won't crack." 14.  "I have PERFECT PITCH so I know that this piano isn't tuned right." 15.  "I always have the piano tuned flat so that it will last longer". 16.  "I know it isn't a big deal to fix it, I read about it on the internet". 17.  If you restring a piano it will never sound as good as it did when it was new. 18.  "My piano has gotten used to the way I play it". 19.  "This is the same piano my music teacher owns so I know its a great piano." 20.  "It's not played very much so it never goes out of tune". </tt>