[Fwd: conundrum]

[John Formsma]

Les,
I'm no expert, but failed glue joints just happen. Unless you have
overwhelming evidence that it happened as a result of the move, I'd
say it just happened.

On 10/12/08, Leslie Bartlett <l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>    I have gotten one kind response to this, but would certainly appreciate
> hearing
> from others regarding this problem. Am I the only one who has experienced
> it?  I'd
> like to know a lot more than I do.......
> thanks
> les b
>
>
> I brokered a piano a couple years ago, about a 40 year old Acrosonic spinet.
> When I
> got it the piano was immaculate. When it was sold............. well....
> Actually it
> belonged to a young lady who was so fastidious I was almost afraid to walk
> into her
> apartment, lest my mere breath soil something. When I last saw and tuned it
> was in
> the same immaculate condition.
>
> She sold it, and it was moved by really reputable movers, a distance of
> about 25
> miles. Proper equipment, dedicated truck, insured,- all one would hope from
> a mover
> with a good reputation.
>
> Next time I saw it, the bridge apron was separating, and the plate was
> coming away
> from the frame.  I have fussed and fidgeted about this for a couple years.
> The only
> thing which I have been able to conclude is that perhaps a one-in-a-million
> fluke
> happened in which glue joints, perhaps becoming too dry, had failed through
> no real
> fault of anyone.
>
> Can you more expert people shed any light on this?  Everything was done
> correctly,
> yet problems of serious nature ensued.
>
> Thanks much
> les bartlett
>
>


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JF