At 10:05 AM 07/01/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Dear List, > >I went to tune a customer's G. Steck grand piano that had been in storage >on it's side for about a year. The place was air conditioned where the piano >was stored and the piano was close to pitch. When I went to tune it I >noticed a vertical crack in the middle of the support strut at the mid- high >treble range of the piano. The crack goes from the top to the middle of the >strut and stops. Is it possible for the plate to crack while the piano is >resting on its side for extended periods? > > >Thanks, > >Ed Mashburn, RPT I think there is more a chance that the piano fell over while in storage or the crack was there prior to storage. Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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