Soundboard repair question

[David Ilvedson]

The question is:   is there a tonal problem.   If not, who cares...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Annie Grieshop" <annie at allthingspiano.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 2/9/2008 4:50:51 PM
Subject: Soundboard repair question


>This question was posed to me yesterday by the facility manager of a local
>community center:  could a cracked soundboard be repaired by dripping CA
>into the crack (as is done with bridges)?

>My questions were:  would CA hold up and would it help?

>I didn't know the answers to any of those, although I could hypothesize
>some.  BTW, I told him NOT to try it, since both the pianos with cracked
>soundboards are Steinways:  a 1950s B and a 1931 L that's been rebuilt and
>refinished.  And nobody ever mentioned (or remembered) to think about
>humidity control.  Harrumph!  The cracks aren't horrid, but they are there.

>Thanks for any comments.

>Annie G.