Was it something I said?

[Richard Brekne]

Jon Page wrote:

> If you don't want to have screws in the sound board then I have a system to
> reglue the ribs to the board without them.   I can send image files.
>
> I would not worry about the actual cracks themselves. They will tighten up
> once back in the customer's home. I am leaning towards not shimming as I
> have seen them crack themselves years down the road. I now perfer to use
> epoxy to fill the void if necessary. Epoxy fills I have done twenty years ago
> are still good while shims have cracked.
>

I have to aggree with this. I used epoxy for years, and got talked into learning
how to shim.. not a bad skill I guess,,, but epoxy definatly preforms better in
the long run.. How it looks is a matter of taste to some degree... You can
actually colour the epoxy somewhat...if thats important to you. Anyways... I am
back using epoxy.


>
> Reagrds,
>
> Jon Page
>
> >Jon Page,   piano technician
> Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
> mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no