The crack looks tight, and it sounds that a professionally qualified repair was made. I have a Bourgeois with a far more obvious center seam than that, repaired by Dana himself (as told to Elderly Instruments), and it's a stellar guitar. I also have a Northwood with a center seam repair that used three cleats 1/8th" thick that subdued the top. I thinned them down, near to the thickness of the top, and the sound came to life.
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