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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Hi Stan:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Pat’s plate stitching suggestion may well be a good alternative. But I have to ask: isn’t this piano still under warranty? A cracked plate can certainly be considered a major structural defect, and if a replacement plate is not available because of a model change, then Young Chang may well be obligated to replace the piano. Lacking other solutions that they could endorse, they would otherwise not be honoring their warranty. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Let me ask a dumb question. Is there evidence that the piano has lost its ability to hold a tuning?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Will Truitt <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>J Patrick Draine<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 13, 2011 5:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Help with a Young Chang plate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Repair, not replace, the plate. Check out <a href="http://www.locknstitch.com/">http://www.locknstitch.com/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Patrick<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:23 PM, J. Stanley Ryberg <<a href="mailto:jstan40@sbcglobal.net">jstan40@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#C00000'> A short time ago, the lady who owns it called to report a loud "BANG!"...and there is now a crack right in the middle of the range, going from an agraffe to the front-row tuning pin. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>