<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html>   "David M. Porritt" wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Only mildly related here, but does anyone know if Steinway made any changes to their crowning procedures as a result of the lawsuits filed by A. Michael's Piano Co. some 15 - 20 years ago?  Whatever you think of his methods, he did cause quite a stir.  Lots of pictures of compression ridges, cracks, loosed ribs -- and this on pianos still in the showroom.  Did Steinway make any procedural changes after this?  Does anyone else remember all this? dave   <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"></a> </blockquote> Never heard this one, but being curious as to the story, the whole story, and nothing but the story :):) I would love to hear more detail about this one RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <A HREF="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A>  </html>