[CAUT] punched soundboard

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi,
If the school has replacement insurance, it is a no brainer,
Replace the piano.

Repair thought.
Tip piano and push parts back into place from inside the piano.
Tip upright and check alignment of parts.
Lightly spray activator on cracked area.
Tape over cracked area.
Tip piano and fill cracks with thin CA.
Tip upright and remove tape.
Add cover to back if repair is unsightly.
Speaker cloth would work well.

Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kent Swafford 
  To: College and University Technicians 
  Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:05 AM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] punched soundboard


  See below.


  On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Carl Root <carldroot at comcast.net> wrote:

    This damage would clearly affect its resale value, but since these
    pianos are mostly used up and discarded, then we're looking at its
    functional value, aren't we? 

  Yes, well, that is the question I'm asking. In terms of school pianos, one could fill the thing with glue and pull the broken pieces mostly back into position, but the damage would forever be visible. Looking at the situation that way, the piano isn't totaled. But to do a repair in which the damage is "erased" would cost way more than the piano is worth; in that respect, the instrument is clearly totaled.

  Right?


    What does it sound like? 

  No rattling/buzzing so far. There are randomly spaced, dead-sounding notes in the bass.

  Thanks,

  Kent


    Carl D. Root, RPT




    On Mar 5, 2008, at 11:49 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:

    >
    >> Discovered this morning, Yamaha U1 in the band/orchestra room; was
    >> a very nice piano until this.
    >> Looks like it met with the business end of a hammer, or a
    >> percussionist's mallet, perhaps.
    >> What would _you_ tell an insurance company about what it would
    >> take to do a cosmetically pleasing repair?
    >> Kent Swafford
    >
    > Cosmetically pleasing would be a nice neat back cover. A realistic
    > functional recovery fix is soundboard replacement. In other words,
    > it's totaled.
    > Ron N



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