S&S D Soundboard removal

[Richard Brekne]

In that case... you need to get the glue loose, and  pop it out... and 
any advice as to doing things otherwise are besides the point.. You need 
to find out what kind of glue was used. Call the factory or drop a line 
to one of those we always see at conventions. John Patton is usually 
quite helpfull even tho this is not strictly his table.

Heat and pressure are nearly always an element in removal proceedures, 
and generally if you are patient enough these are enough to do the 
job... tho some kinds of glues no doubt simply require some additional 
encouragment to give up their grip, in which case you need to know what 
kind of glue was used, and what kind of solvent works best on that glue.

You can run heating cable around the perimeter of the panel, taping it 
down firmly.  Putting pressure on the underside I am sure you  have done 
before and have decent enough routines for that. But a cute way I saw 
recently was to jack the whole darn piano up so that the underside of 
the panels perimeter was essentially holding the whole piano up. Several 
1 by 2's had been positioned and secured to do this job.  The 
instruments weight, plus the heat was enough.

Dont know if any of this helps...but it was fun writting in any case :)

Cheers

RicB

Scott Thile wrote:

>No cutting, I need to get it out whole unfortunately!
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>Older boards come out pretty easy. Not this one!
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>When I was doing this before I built my own boards from scratch, but can't
>do that here :( We used to cut around the perimeter with a router, then just
>pull the remains out and clean the rim up with a chisel.
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>Pretty sure Bolduc needs the old board more or less whole to duplicate it
>accurately.
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>Thanks,
>Scott
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