This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Actually I have witnessed dead notes at the end of the tenor bridge caused by bridge/soundboard separation, and it was pretty localized. I fixed it on the spot with CA glue, spraying accelerator first, then pushing on the bridge with a screw driver while running the glue along the base. That was two years ago and it is still holding. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Michael Spalding Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 7:36 AM To: Pianotech Subject: RE: soundboard split 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 <mailto:doepkeb@comcast.net> To: Pianotech <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org> 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/80/06/c2/ed/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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