Warped grand piano lid

Brian Lawson lawsonic@global.co.za
Tue, 28 Sep 1999 17:19:58 +0200


Hi list, One of my next contract jobs is a grand where the lid has warped
considerably, might be described as an S shaped crown as Ron might put it,
but this is a lid, not a soundboard. Warp is such that at the right hand
corner (by hinge) is about half an inch up when lid "closed". This happened
some time ago when I believe owner had it in storage somewhere. It is
figured walnut and weighting cost of feasable repair against replacement. I
had thoughts of pvc go bars as recently described except workshop has very
high ceiling and not sure how much pressure for how long if this is an
option.

Thoughts, suggestions, comments welcome.



NB. rest of piano due in for restring/action work

Brian Lawson
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