Restoring crown (was RC Vs CC again)

[Farrell]

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And as the depressed owner of a 40 year-old sailboat with about 200 =
steam-bent ribs - about half of which are cracked - I know all too well =
that even when you steam bend a rib it will always want to go some =
distance toward straightening back out. Laminate or cut the curve - on =
new wood.

Terry Farrell

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From: "Delwin D Fandrich" <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
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> From: "Alan Forsyth" <alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: October 08, 2003 6:22 PM
> Subject: Restoring crown (was RC Vs CC again)
> >
> > Hi Del, thanks for your post. When you say "We do not typically heat =
ribs
> > sufficiently to either give them crown or to remove crown once it is
> > established however." does this mean that, say in an old banger
> situation,
> > one could theoretically restore crown by heat setting the ribs =
instead of
> > going through the uneconomic procedure of re-building a soundboard?
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> Sure. Of course you'd have to take the soundboard and ribs out of the =
piano
> first. Then separate the ribs from the panel. All without damaging
> anything. Then heat the ribs and bend them to your desired radius. =
And,
> finally, reassemble the whole thing. A good days work.

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