Hello. Yes, Andre's video is good for replaceing an already made board. For $20 or so, Nick Gravagne will send you a printed manual on how to do the same thing. I also recommend the 20-year CD ROM and the Reprint CD ROM. Somewhere in there is excellent info on a air press using fire hose to bend & clamp ribs to panel. This is a really easy method for the small-timer becuase you could actually do one rib at a time - and therefore a minumum of jigs/tools! I should think you may want to have a good mill glue you up a panel. Maybe make one out of Tasmanian Spruce??? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graeme Harvey" <gharvey@netsource.co.nz> To: "Pianotech@Ptg.Org" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 8:38 PM Subject: Soundboard replacement info > Greetings to all, > > I am wanting to find a source or several sources of up to date info on > soundboard replacement, and related topics. > I've got Journals back about 5 years which I've scanned and digested and > Wolfendens book. > I've never replaced a soundboard, but have done most other tasks, and wish > to learn the subject more in depth before launching into one. > > I tried the archives tonight, but I couldn't get a response. This occurs > sometimes, but I'll try again. > > Maybe some of you experienced in this have written some papers or could > suggest a direction for me to head. > Living in New Zealand will probably prohibit me bringing in a ready made > board due to cost of shipping and our weak currency so I'll probably be > looking at sourcing suitable timber and working from scratch. > > Our Guild here are doing a board replacement as a project but it is a long > term endeavour and I'm keen to make progress sooner than this. > > Many thanks > > Regards > Graeme Harvey > New Plymouth > New Zealand >
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