<!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 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Well, it's sorta your piano, it belongs to the = US Army so you are, indirectly, paying me to fix it ... = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Older B. Hamilton studio. 3 long diagonal cracks = that traverse the soundboard from edge to edge. 2 of the cracks are on either = side of the bass bridge apron so it's as though only maybe 7 percent of the = soundboard is directly connected to the bridge, except through the = ribs.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Bass SOUNDS okay but I'm concerned about the = structural integrity of bridge/soundboard/ribs in that area.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>They will pay to repair the bridge (eyelash = cracks) but I doubt they'd want to do the whole soundboard-shim thing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Anyone with more experience, appreciate your comments.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>P.S. While working under the keybed to install a = DC (different piano) my power screwdriver slipped and fell. Until you've = done it, you have no idea how grumpy a self-inflicted punch in the mouth can make = you. My motto now is: "Remember gravity and GET A GRIP"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>