---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Brian, Since no-one else has answered, I'll throw in my 2 cents. These notes are wound bi-chords? If that's the case, I would first eliminate the strings themselves as the cause. There are methods of restoring some life to old wound strings. For example, remove the string, form a loop in one end, and rol the loop up and down the length of the string. Or just measure them and buy replacements. For $20 or $30 you'll know for sure. I doubt very much that any soundboard damage would cause such a specifically localised problem. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Doepke To: Pianotech Sent: 6/28/2005 2:07:35 PM Subject: soundboard split Hello List, My 1965 Wurlitzer baby grand has a couple of “dead” notes at the inside edge at the bass strut…in other words the last 2 notes before the strut/bass section. I have tried “juicing” them….and using a hammer iron. Neither one worked. I then seated the strings at the bridge pins. Nothing. However, while tapping the strings I noticed a crack in the soundboard that seems to follow under the bridge except for at the very end….close to where the dead notes terminate. Are there other things that I can try to eliminate the “deadness” before trying to fill the crack. Is the crack even an issue? It seems to be, but I am looking for other ideas before tackling filling the crack. I can’t even see it from the bottom side because of a wooden support in the “nose” of the piano. Does anyone have any ideas of how I should proceed? Brian P. Doepke A.A.A. Piano Works, Inc ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f3/a2/4e/6e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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