André When the new ribs are installed are the bridges taken off , is the sound board placed on a flat surface or a bevelled surface, are all of the ribs taken off at once or are they replaced one by one, are go bars used to apply pressure to the new ribs, what type of glue is used, and do any of the butt joint of the sound board fail during the process. Are the ribs cut to the same size and thickness, do you tune the ribs, do you put a shape to the ribs so as to increase the downbering , what factors do you use to choose the ribs, do you try to mach the wood to the same forest. I have seen a Chappell piano which this was done to, the tone was Ok. However, I could not do a before and after comparison. As I never seen the piano before. The only reason I new it had new ribs on it was the usual, piano tuner arrives before the piano and I noticed them thay stuck out like a sour thum. Sorry, if you have answered all of these questions before. Barrie, -- Barrie Heaton | Be Environmentally Friendly URL: http://www.airtime.co.uk/forte/piano.htm | To Your Neighbour The UK PIano Page | pgp key on request | HAVE YOUR PIANO TUNED
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