An add-on question.  I had once heard that someone tuned a Mills
Violano-Virtuoso to A-440 causing the plate to crack and break, because
the instrument us designed to be tuned at international pitch of A-435.
Is any of this true?

I have harbored this question for years only remembering it when there
was no one to clarify.  The question about standard pitch brought it
again to the surface.

Thanks,
Tim L'Amoureux

 [ The Mills Violano piano frame is known to be a bad design.
 [ The replica frames made by Don Barr are much improved.  -- Robbie