Sure can David.! I've thought of taking in some of the old clunker upright to salvage the board from but I'm a little cramped for space right now so that will have to wait. Best, Greg At 01:34 AM 3/26/2005, you wrote: >Couldn't old soundboards be used for shims? > >David I. > > > >----- Original message ---------------------------------------- >From: "William R. Monroe" <pianotech@a440piano.net> >To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> >Received: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:21:13 -0600 >Subject: Shimming Soundboards > > > >Greg, > > >Not sure I understand. Aren't all shims new and all boards that they would > >go in old? This would seem to imply that you are averse to shimming, no? > >What is the concern? Is there something about rates of > >expansion/contraction due to moisture that differs from more recently > >harvested wood? If there is a concern in this regard, do we know if it is > >substantiated in any way? I'm not trying to be condescending here, only > >very curious about the use of shims, whether they are useful or not, in any > >degree of soundboard repair; or should we just stick to epoxy? > > >Respectfully, > >William R. Monroe > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Greg Newell Greg's piano Forté mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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