[pianotech] Cracks in soundboard

[David Love]

The buzzes are not likely the cracks in the soundboard but separations of
the ribs from the soundboard pane in the proximity of the crack.  There are
ways to repair these depending on accessibility.  

 

David Love

www.davidlovepianos.com

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Geoff Sykes
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 12:43 PM
To: Pianotech at Ptg. Org
Subject: [pianotech] Cracks in soundboard

 

Greetings All --

 

I recently serviced an old, (1909), b grand piano that had been sort of
rebuilt 20 or 30 years ago. New strings, pinblock, pins, that kind of thing.
I had to pound the pins in a bit to get them to hold so now the piano is in
tune and sounds pretty decent. However, the soundboard is FULL of cracks,
and it buzzes like CRAZY. Fortunately the owner keeps the lid completely
closed, including over the music desk, and covered with pictures and
knick-knacks so these buzzes are, for the most part, not a day to day
problem. My fantasy is that there is some kind of filler material, like a
glue or a putty, that I can fill these cracks with from the underside, so my
first question here is to that end. This is a beautiful natural wood piano
but the customer is aware that the cost of possibly restringing, again, in
order to repair the soundboard is not a cost effective option. Especially
since it does not get played that much. The customer is also entertaining
the idea of selling it just to get something smaller. What are my options
here?

 

-- Geoff

 


 

. Geoff Sykes, RPT
. 626-799-7545
. www.ivories52.com <http://www.ivories52.com/>  

 

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