followup to: Crack fillers - old soundboards

[David Love]

It seems to me that fixing the cracks for the sake of improving bass quality 
is not likely to lead to any improvement.  If that is the purpose, I would 
try to analize the problem further.

David Love

David Love


>From: Wallace Scherer <p003520b@pb.seflin.org>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: followup to: Crack fillers - old soundboards
>Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 15:00:55 -0400 (EDT)
>
>Hi again,
>
>Thought I'd follow up some of the excellent responses and elicit some
>further advice after clarifying the issue.
>
>Based on what I have heard on the list and based on what the customer
>seems to want and not want, here's what I have in mind doing now. Any
>further advice or words of caution will be appreciated.
>
>1. From underneath the piano I will place electrical tape over the 10 or
>so cracks. I will also place some dropcloths on the floor in case the tape
>doesn't prevent all the drips.
>
>2. Because of time/money/travel constraints, I will not try to pre-heat
>the area or force the soundboard up with wedges.
>
>3. From the top of the piano, with a syringe and needle I will squirt
>some thin epoxy into the 10 cracks, being careful not to drip any on the
>strings, which will remain in place.
>
>4. After the epoxy dries, and the tape is removed, the soundboard MAY (but
>may not) have a slightly improved sound. (The bass section is all dead 
>now.)
>
>Note: Removing the strings, inverting the piano, or removing the piano from
>the house are not options. There is no buzzing - just a dead bass
>section. Strings are in good shape.
>
>One further question: Has anyone who has used the epoxy crack filling
>method on soundboards noticed any appreciable improvement in sound?
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Wally Scherer
>Palm Beach County, Florida
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>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 15:55:25 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Wallace Scherer <p003520b@pb.seflin.org>
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Crack fillers - old soundboards
>
>Has anyone out there tried any innovative approaches to sealing cracks in
>soundboards on old, cheap, baby grand pianos? I'm thinking about
>something on the order of a medium thickness CA glue, or some other
>liquid type of material that would fill in the crack.
>
>My customer has an old Winter baby grand with about 10 cracks in the
>soundboard, but none are very wide, not even paper thickness. She doesn't
>want to spend much money
>and is willing for me to experiment some. But I thought I'd better see if
>anyone else has experimented first.
>
>Wally Scherer
>Palm Beach County, Florida
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