Does anyone out there have experience with CA glues and minor soundboard cracks? I have a customer with a number of small, hairline cracks forming in her piano's board. They have not opened up and I have installed a Dampchaser system hoping to stop any further damage. It's been about a year now with no further damage and I anticipate her asking me to fix the cracks (I told her to wait a year and see how the piano would react with the Dampchaser installed). This is a beautiful 6'9" Schimmel. Everything else about the board is great (crown, downbearing, decay time, cosmetics). I'm quite sure that I don't want to tear this thing apart for the sake of a few small cracks. She, however wants them fixed. I have heard talk of people having good results with CA glues. If anyone has tried, please send me a note. Does it stop the cracking? Will I be able to flow it into the cracks without refinishing? Etc. Etc. Thanks! ---- Rick Florence, Piano Technician Arizona State University School of Music Internet: Rick.Florence@ASU.Edu Phone (602)965-6760 Fax (602)965-2659
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