blocks and boards

[Farrell]

> any sure fire methods of repairing a cracked sound board so it doesn't
crack in
> the same place again.  and in a grand how do you refinish that sound board
to
> conceal the repair.

Oh, oh, oh! Where were you two weeks ago?????? Look up in the archives under
"Crack fillers - old soundboards" and "Soundboard shims via Spurlock
method". There, you will find a rather exhaustive discussion of shims,
epoxy, stains, finishing, building theory, etc.

> in repining a block how can i be sure the new pins will last a long time
like
> the original ones did and not loosen up in a few years.

Hmmmmmm. Way to open-ended a question here, so you get a similar answer
:-(: Use good materials and good methods and you will get good results.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Hohle" <wayne.hohle@sympatico.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 6:36 AM
Subject: Re:blocks and boards


> to the wise
>
> any sure fire methods of repairing a cracked sound board so it doesn't
crack in
> the same place again.  and in a grand how do you refinish that sound board
to
> conceal the repair.
>
> in repining a block how can i be sure the new pins will last a long time
like
> the original ones did and not loosen up in a few years.
>
> your comments are appreaciated
>
> wayne
>