reinstallation with

[Delwin D Fandrich]

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Subject: reinstallation with


>
> Well,  I think if the board was clamped back into the rim, with spacers
> placed between the case struts and the bottom of the board, directly under
> the  bridge, crown could be reinstalled.  Just bend that puppy in there
and
> when the glue dries there should be a very slight margin between the board
> edges and the inside of the rim.  (which should be filled with something
at
> least as hard as maple.
> Just a thought, think it could work?
> Ed
> ---------------------------------------------------

Without getting overly redundant -- I also wrote at some length about this
in the Journal several years back -- any crown you put in this way will not
last. The piano soundboard system cannot be regarded as an arch. The rim
will not hold crown established this way; not even a M&H rim. And wood has
to much give to it and too much creep to support crown this way even if the
rim did not give way.

Del