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Overs Pianos wrote:<br>
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<title>Re: S&S D Soundboard
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<blockquote type="cite" cite="">Hello folks,<br>
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I've got to remove the soundboard from a '60s Steinway D. It's really
in<br>
there good. Anyone have any tricks? Need it one piece so I can send it
to<br>
Bolduc for duplication.<br>
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I've removed lots of boards from Steinways from the '40s and earlier,
but<br>
the glue used for this one is much tougher! What is it, and what
will<br>
release it?</blockquote>
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Thanks,</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="">Scott</blockquote>
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<div>Scott,</div>
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<div>We recently removed a 1962 Hamburg D board, and we wanted it
intact to use the original as a template for the vacuum press. They
used hide glue in the example we stripped, but it was good quality
stuff.</div>
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<div>If you remove the vertical glue joint between the panel and the
outer rim<font color="#0000ff"> (chisel it out)</font>, it should come
out reasonably easy.</div>
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<div> Glue joints are always stronger in sheer, so once
the vertical joint is taken out of the strength equation, it should be
pretty easy to work your way around the bent side from underneath with
a suitably shaped wooden drift.</div>
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Very good point to jot down... thanks... hadnt really thought about
that.<br>
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RicB<br>
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<div>To keep a reference of where the outer rim is relative to the
board<font color="#0000ff"> (before taking to it with a chisel)</font>
you can scribe a line around the board out say 20 mm from the edge,
using dividers<font color="#0000ff"> (I hope that term makes sense to
you)</font>.</div>
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<div>Ron O.</div>
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