Ron, William and list,
I hope I was successful making this point earlier. I'm much more
concerned with mating bridge to board and board to ribs than I am in fixing
a crack which I do believe to be cosmetic. I've seen boards riddled with
huge cracks (plural) and still sounded just fine. Perhaps not as good as
they could have but it wasn't because of the cracks!
Greg
At 09:54 AM 3/26/2005, you wrote:
>> I'm not trying to be condescending here, only
>>very curious about the use of shims, whether they are useful or not, in any
>>degree of soundboard repair; or should we just stick to epoxy?
>>Respectfully,
>>William R. Monroe
>
>
>Whether you use new wood shims, old wood shims, or epoxy, the repair is
>cosmetic. It won't have a real or lasting affect on performance. You
>aren't fixing anything here, just filling a crack.
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