S&S D Soundboard removal

[Scott Thile]

Thanks a bunch to all of you!!

Some excellent ideas. Should get a chance to dive into this next week. I'll
let you know how it goes.

Cutting it out won't work. Pretty sure that Bolduc will need the end of ribs
in tact where they fit into the case notches to get the thickness right. In
some ways it was a lot easier when I built them from scratch.

Yup, already drilled the dowels out, and tried a couple of good whacks after
a little heat. Going to take a whole lot more than that to be sure. Going
for steam after a good soaking with  the wallpaper remover or one of the
other wonderful concoctions etc... Might try a quick call to Christian
Bolduc first since he'll not only have the modern piano take on this. Thanks
for the #...

Stay tuned (oh sorry....)

Scott

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Horace Greeley [mailto:hgreeley@stanford.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 1:20 PM
> To: scott.thile@murraystate.edu; College and University Technicians
> Subject: RE: S&S D Soundboard removal
>
>
>
> Scott,
>
> You've probably already thought of this, but how about wall paper
> remover,
> TSP, or some photographic H2O2 (28% stuff).
>
> Thinking about this, sometimes I have turned the shell upside down and
> floated a softening solution around wherever the perimeter allowed.  Heat
> lamps might help.
>
> Best.
>
> Horace
>
>
> Quoting Scott Thile <scott.thile@murraystate.edu>:
>
> > No cutting, I need to get it out whole unfortunately!
> >
> > Older boards come out pretty easy. Not this one!
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Pretty sure Bolduc needs the old board more or less whole to duplicate
> > it
> > accurately.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Scott
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Richard Brekne [mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 12:00 PM
> > > To: scott.thile@murraystate.edu; College and University Technicians
> > > Subject: Re: S&S D Soundboard removal
> > >
> > >
> > > I suppose this means you want to take it out whole, by loosening all
> > > glue joints ? Or are you planning on cutting part or all of it out ?
> > >
> > > RicB
> > >
> > > Scott Thile wrote:
> > >
> > > >Hello folks,
> > > >
> > > >I've got to remove the soundboard from a '60s Steinway D. It's really
> > in
> > > >there good. Anyone have any tricks? Need it one piece so I
> can send it
> > to
> > > >Bolduc for duplication.
> > > >
> > > >I've removed lots of boards from Steinways from the '40s and earlier,
> > but
> > > >the glue used for this one is much tougher! What is it, and what will
> > > >release it?
> > > >
> > > >Thanks,
> > > >Scott
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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