OTish Re: Rib Gluing Repair

[Nichols]

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At 10:58 AM 11/6/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Hey Guy,
>Cool tip. Gotta remember that one!
>Joe Goss
><mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com>imatunr@srvinet.com
>www.mothergoosetools.com

Actually, Joe.... it sucks.

But.... it's also the tip of the iceberg. In more ways than one.



Later,
Guy


>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:nicho@zianet.com>Nichols
>To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech
>Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 10:32 AM
>Subject: Re: Rib Gluing Repair
>
>Terry,
>   As Ron says, laying the piano on it's side may be needed. Also, I had=20
> experience with an extremely hard-to-hear buzz (pretty much only showed=20
> up on recording) SD-10 that turned out to be a metal filing hanging down=
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> from the plate.
>   As far as rib gluing goes, don't forget your vacuum cleaner. If you=20
> adjust (permanently) the tip of a crevice tool, you can make it fit into=
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> the 90=B0 formed between the rib and the board. Touch the crevice tool tip=
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> to a grinder, on both sides, as if sharpening a lathe gouge. Feed glue=20
> onto the other side of the rib while applying suction to near side, and=20
> pull the glue into the crack. I would use thinned wood glue. Fun, noisy,=
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> and you can think of all kinds of crude puns as you work.
>
>Later,
>Guy
>
>At 04:38 AM 11/6/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>>I might need to glue a buzzing rib today on a Yamaha GH1. If the buzz=20
>>source is a rib, the rib is not loose enough to insert anything between=20
>>the rib and the panel. The only thing I can think of doing would be to=20
>>wick some thin CA in between the rib top and panel bottom. But how in the=
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>>world can that be done on a grand in a home with a nice floor without=20
>>flipping it over? Any ideas? Thanks.
>>
>>This is my IRATE customer from last week. I am going to take Ron N.'s=20
>>advise and exhaust the possibility of a penny or paper clip on the panel=
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>>first (I've got my lights and mirrors and search-sticks). And believe it=
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>>or not, she can't be there again - YIKES!
>>
>>Terry Farrell

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