<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oooh. Fall back 10 yards and punt. VERY = unlikely that tuning had anything to do with it. Moving, maybe. Horrible, bad = luck, murphy's-law timing? Probably. But if it was cracked and he missed it in = the inspection a cross-country relocation and major career change = might be best ... possibly entering the Witless Protection Program.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is one of those moments, brothers = and sisters, when we look on the sad misfortune of others and say, with full humility = and charity in our hearts: "Thank Goodness it wasn't me!"</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=HazenBannister@cs.com href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com">HazenBannister@cs.com</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> Wednesday, August 14, = 2002 3:18 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Looking for advice - = cracked plate</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hi, = <BR> I have a friend,and fellow technician who's needing advice.He went and looked = at a small Cable grand  (1905) for a customer looking to buy it.He = told him it was worth the 800.00 asking price,and didn't see anything structurely = wrong with it.The customer bought the instrument and my friend moved it.He = pich raised it 1/4 step,tuned,and the next day,it had a cracked plate.I = reassured him that he did nothing wrong,according to what he told me.What should = he do? <BR>Thanks in advance, <BR>Hazen Bannister</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>