Hi Ron, That sounds to me like a rather emphatic and authoritative comment. Seems to me that several people on this list HAVE reported positive results in the use of various re-crowning techniques. But, then, they're not in the ( Heh-heh! ) Thump --- Ron Nossaman <rnossaman@cox.net> wrote: > William R. Monroe wrote: > > List, > > > > I am currently working on rebuilding my own little > piano to gain some > > experience, and have a question about improving > the crown, function of the > > soundboard. I had heard of shimming up the SB > from underneath, prior to > > shimming, or doing anything else on top (Bridge > repairs, etc.), in hope that > > by doing these repairs while the board was shimmed > up, they might act to > > improve the crown, even a very little bit. > > > > My question is about flowing epoxy over the > surface of the board, as was > > discussed here a while back, and I'm wondering > what you all think about > > having the board wedged up & flowing on epoxy. My > concern is about what may > > happen when the wedges are removed - cracked > epoxy?!?!? > > > > What say you? > > > > William R. Monroe > > Nothing you do will restore the crown. Epoxy will > make the assembly > stiffer, and may improve function. If the board is > scraped and > sanded well so some epoxy will soak into it, and the > epoxy isn't > piled on knee deep, I wouldn't worry about cracking. > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
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