Greg, Completely get your point. I'm just interested in this concept for my own work. Respectfully, William R. Monroe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 6:31 PM Subject: Re: Shimming Soundboards > Ron, William and list, > I hope I was successful making this point earlier. I'm much more > concerned with mating bridge to board and board to ribs than I am in fixing > a crack which I do believe to be cosmetic. I've seen boards riddled with > huge cracks (plural) and still sounded just fine. Perhaps not as good as > they could have but it wasn't because of the cracks! > > Greg > > > > At 09:54 AM 3/26/2005, you wrote: > > >> 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 > > > > > >Whether you use new wood shims, old wood shims, or epoxy, the repair is > >cosmetic. It won't have a real or lasting affect on performance. You > >aren't fixing anything here, just filling a crack. > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > Greg Newell > Greg's piano Forté > mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >
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