Soundboard repair question

[Farrell]

Good thing you told the owner to NOT try CA because both pianos are 
Steinways. So, does this suggest that CA is fine for soundboard cracks in 
all other pianos? How does a Stienway soundboard crack differ from a 
Bosendorfer soundboard crack or a Grinell Bros. soundboard crack?

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
> 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.
>
> Annie G.