---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Del writes: > It is true that a screw left in a soundboard could cause a buzz sometime > down the road. But then so will a loose rib. Perhaps we should leave the ribs > off as well. Seriously, enough screws have been left in enough soundboards > over the past 150 plus years that if this were going to develop into a severe > problem it probably would have done so by now. > Del, Putting the screws between ribs is easy enough, and I understand your point about compression-crowned ribs being less sensitive to piercing than rib-crowned ribs. However, I have also always heard that standard woodworking practice is to replace screws used as clamps, with dowels, and I wondered if in this case that was more, or less, risky than leaving the screws in. I have heard noise from the screw/button combination. I also considered a spruce plug instead of a dowel, or a dowel up into the bridge and a plug in the soundboard. The problem is, I have a bridge staring me in the face and I don't want to build a pneumatic press tomorrow. Thanks, Bob D ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c3/32/cb/19/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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