This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Overs Pianos 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 > > > Scott, > > We recently removed a 1962 Hamburg D board, and we wanted it intact to > use the original as a template for the vacuum press. They used hide > glue in the example we stripped, but it was good quality stuff. > > If you remove the vertical glue joint between the panel and the outer > rim (chisel it out), it should come out reasonably easy. > Glue joints are always stronger in sheer, so once the vertical joint > is taken out of the strength equation, it should be pretty easy to > work your way around the bent side from underneath with a suitably > shaped wooden drift. Very good point to jot down... thanks... hadnt really thought about that. RicB > > To keep a reference of where the outer rim is relative to the board > (before taking to it with a chisel) you can scribe a line around the > board out say 20 mm from the edge, using dividers (I hope that term > makes sense to you). > > Ron O. > >-- > > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/b4/a7/66/8f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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