[CAUT] SD-6 music rack

[Tim Coates]

Conrad,

I had to check with the technician who designed our repair at the  
University of South Dakota.  We tried all of the previously mentioned  
repairs except replacing the music rack.  They all failed.

First we used Wood Rebuilder with a black powder stain to even out  
the corner and make it look like a piece of black.  Then Charley  
Smith attached thin brass plating to the side of the broken corner.   
The side where the hole is located for the hinge pin.  The brass  
plate has two slightly counter sunk screw holes so the two small  
screws that hold the plating in place don't get hung up on the  
hinge.  The hinge pin is now unable to put pressure on the rest of  
the area and cause splitting.  The brass plating takes all of the  
stress.

It has been about five years since he did that repair and still not  
even a hint of failure.

Tim Coates

On May 16, 2008, at 7:54 AM, Conrad Hoffsommer wrote:

> Folks,
>
> The Li'l darlin's have again proved their mechanical ineptitude.  
> How hard is it to slide the shelf back without breaking?  
> Apparently, very.
>
> The door to the room it's in is about 50 feet from mine and in  
> sight, but it was evidently also beyond the capability of anyone to  
> report any damage.  Of course, the evidence (chipped out part) was  
> discarded, so no regluing is possible.
>
>
> Any quick/easy/cheap fixes you folks have done?
>
>
> -- 
> Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician
> Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
> 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076
>
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