[CAUT] was caf now seasonal sb failure

Ron Nossaman rnossaman@cox.net
Wed, 01 Mar 2006 13:33:43 -0600


> Greg, Ron, and other Soundboard Experts,
>       If you do find a soundboard to rim crack with chunks of aging excess
> glue collar flaking away, and you don't want to rebuild it what then?  Will
> thin CA glue squirted into the crack do anything to restore tone?
> -Mike Jorgensen

Beats me, Mike, but I wouldn't. In thirty years I've seen a 
total of three instances (that I recall) of loose soundboard 
panel to rim joints causing tonal problems, all in verticals, 
and troweled in Titebond to fix them.

Ron N

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