Fellow rebuilders, For about the fourth time in many years, I've started rebuilding a piano with perfectly intact soundboard (Steinway Model M, 1916). It's amazing, not a single hairline crack, not one loose rib. In years past if I found such a board, I would go ahead and dry it down just out of pure anal retentativeness (new word?), just 'in case ...' as it were. But now looking at this well kept specimen, I question if I should do nothing more than scrape off the old top varnish, refinish it, and call it quits. Anybody have any thoughts on the subject? Regards, Charles Faulk Manhattan, KS ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
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