[pianotech] Rim Separation

[Rex Roseman]

Had a similar situation with a piano on the dealer show floor. The way that
it was detected was that when the rims separated, the split must have been
in one of the outer laminations of the inner rim. It could be seen from the
top as a tearing apart of the sound board at the tail where part of the
soundboard was still attached to the outer edge of the inner rim and the
other part was still attached to the inner part of the inner rim. On looking
at the piano from the bottom, the crack could be seen to have gone all the
way through. That piano got sent back to the manufacturer.

Rex Roseman