Soundboard replacement info

[Farrell]

Hello. Yes, Andre's video is good for replaceing an already made board. For
$20 or so, Nick Gravagne will send you a printed manual on how to do the
same thing. I also recommend the 20-year CD ROM and the Reprint CD ROM.
Somewhere in there is excellent info on a air press using fire hose to bend
& clamp ribs to panel. This is a really easy method for the small-timer
becuase you could actually do one rib at a time - and therefore a minumum of
jigs/tools! I should think you may want to have a good mill glue you up a
panel. Maybe make one out of Tasmanian Spruce???

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Graeme Harvey" <gharvey@netsource.co.nz>
To: "Pianotech@Ptg.Org" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 8:38 PM
Subject: Soundboard replacement info


> Greetings to all,
>
> I am wanting to find a source or several sources of up to date info on
> soundboard replacement, and related topics.
> I've got Journals back about 5 years which I've scanned and digested and
> Wolfendens book.
> I've never replaced a soundboard, but have done most other tasks, and wish
> to learn the subject more in depth before launching into one.
>
> I tried the archives tonight, but I couldn't get a response. This occurs
> sometimes, but I'll try again.
>
> Maybe some of you experienced in this have written some papers or could
> suggest a direction for me to head.
> Living in New Zealand will probably prohibit me bringing in a ready made
> board due to cost of shipping and our weak currency so I'll probably be
> looking at sourcing suitable timber and working from scratch.
>
> Our Guild here are doing a board replacement as a project but it is a long
> term endeavour and I'm keen to make progress sooner than this.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Regards
> Graeme Harvey
> New Plymouth
> New Zealand
>