<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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"> </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></BODY></HTML>