<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, it is a well known manufacturing = defect. In fact the manufacturer clearly identified those pianos with that defect. = The ones with the defect clearly say "Brambach" right on the plate.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</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=ilvey@sbcglobal.net = href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">David Ilvedson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 11, = 2004 7:51 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: A-440 and = Ethics.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>You know every = year I tune a 1930's Brambach 5' grand that had the plate welded.   Welded = at the middle strut...possibly the nose bolt area...?   That sounds = like a manufacturing defect and so it doesn't count...;-]  </DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>David I.</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>----- Original message ----------------------------------------><BR>From: Tom Driscoll = <<A = href="mailto:tomtuner@comcast.net">tomtuner@comcast.net</A>><BR>To: = Pianotech <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Received: = Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:40:40 -0800<BR>Subject: Re: A-440 and Ethics.</DIV> <DIV align=left><BR> </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"> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <P align=left>Julia,</P> <P align=left>Why don't we ask the List if anyone has had a = plate crack during a pitch raise.   I've been working on pianos for = 30 years and it has never happened to me.   </P> <P align=left>David I.</P> <P align=left><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">David,</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>    30 = years experience also and it happened to me on a 1930's Brambach 5' = grand . Not a large pitch raise---just a few cents as I recall.</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>    A = strut broke between the nose bolt and the capo bar. It sounded like a rifle = shot !</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom = Driscoll = RPT</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>