rib replacement

[antares]

And, as promised, here is the third address of people who know how to
replace ribs on old soundboards.....

kobaldpianos@planet.nl.

They were one of the first people in Holland to do so.


friendly greetings
from

Antares,

Amsterdam, Holland

"where music is, no harm can be"

visit my website at :  http://www.concertpianoservice.nl/


> From: Erwinspiano@AOL.COM
> Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 11:10:16 EST
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: rib replacement
> 
> Antares
> 
> 
> You know I've heard this idea before and I have no doubts that
> I could  accomplish this task but no one yet has gone on record as to the
> actual step by step procedure to get the old soundboard out of the piano
> without sustaianing any damage.
> This is the one point I"m  'REAL hung up on.  I replace boards all the
> time and I have considered this as an option  for many stwys that have
> uncracked boards but no crown except that , of the many boards I've removed
> none came out easily or without major damage.  So unless your boards are
> falling out of the pianos or there is some secret to do this it then it just
> not a feasible alternative.
> So I'd like you to ask your friends to post a detailed description of
> how they accomplish this one aspect of re-using the old soundboard panel.
> Otherwise to me it's just talk and a nice idea. Know what i mean?
> 
>>>>>>>> Regards-----Dale Erwin>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
> 
>>> ---
>>> Phillip Ford
>>> Piano Service & Restoration
>>> 1777 Yosemite Ave - 215
>>> San Francisco, CA  94124
>> 
>> By 'taking out' the soundboard,
>> planing off the old ribs,
>> making a mould for the new ribs,
>> creating a hollow surface to glue down the ribs,
>> shaping the new ribs with a chisel,
>> re-varnishing the old soundboard,
>> re-stringing,
>> 
>> and thoroughly enjoying the 'new' sound.
>> 
>> I just write this down in a few seconds, but of course the actual work
>> takes
>> much longer and the final result will only get better after having done
>> this
>> procedure a lot of times.
>> Sometimes it is better to renew the old soundboard as well, depending on
>> quality and the physical circumstances of the old board.
>> It is not that much more work and if you know what you are doing it might
>> even be possible to improve the former situation.
>> 
>> Speed is here of the essence. If one could do this kind of repair in a
>> relatively short time (and that is possible) life in a workshop becomes
>> even
>> more inspiring and rewarding.
>> 
>> I myself do not do this kind of work, I put my energy into regulation,
>> tuning and voicing.
>> To be able to do this kind of work, the craftsman would have to be born
>> with
>> a plane in one hand and a chisel in the other.
>> When I was born, I had a tuning hammer in one hand and a voicing tool in
>> the
>> other.
>> No wonder my mother used a milk bottle to feed me... (;>))
>> 
>> 
>> friendly greetings
>> from
>> 
>> Antares,
>> 
>> Amsterdam, Holland
>> 
>> "where music is, no harm can be"
>> 
>> visit my website at :  http://www.concertpianoservice.nl/
>> 
> 
>