<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>I have a client with a cracked lid on her 1873 Steinway. I would apprec= iate ANY comments you have. The lid is cracked through the veneers on b= oth sides, from the tail to about a foot from the front lid. It looks like t= here is only the veneer layer on the core, rather than crossbanding and then= the veneer (rosewood), but that would be most unusual and I could easily be= wrong about that. My first guess is that the lid will have to be split on t= hrough, then glued back with biscuit joints, then the lid refinished.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What is your experience with repairing cracked lids? Do you know anyone= who does it regularly and successfully? Any idea about time/cost? The only = one we have had reglued was mostly successful, but just a little off in the = vertical direction. It takes so LITTLE on such a big flat surface, to show. = </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any help appreciated.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV>Bob Davis</DIV></BODY></HTML>