upright side panel

[Farrell]

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Tom wrote: "The soundboard -back assembly is independant from the side =
panel."

Yes, you are correct. But I would also suggest taking a close look at =
the soundboard-to-back-assembly glue joint when you get that side =
completely off because whatever conditions let to the sides falling off, =
may also have degraded the soundboard-to-back-assembly glue joint.

Terry Farrell
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    From: Dave McKibben=20

    Since I've spent most of my time learning tuning and regulation and =
all the things that go with that, I havent spent much time studying the =
actual physical case construction of an upright piano, so here goes a =
possible stupid question:
    The upright I recently saw had the right side almost completely =
delaminated from the piano.  I mean from the pin block to the back, and =
almost all the way down to the floor.
    1.  Does this structurally impact the sound board?
    2. Can this be easily fixed by re-gluing and clamping
    3.  Is there other ramifications to re-gluing that I just dont see =
or understand?

    I sure appreciate your comments
    Thanks
    Dave

        Dave,
        The soundboard -back assembly is independant from the side =
panel.
        Glue and clamp  with basic woodworking techniques.
        On a beater with no cosmetic issues in play ,I have added screws =
through the side panel into the back assembly.
        The Winter spinets of the 40's -50's have this tendency.
        One clue will be lots of lost motion on one side of the action =
or the opposite with hammers off the rest rail . Also dampers not =
lifting correctly with the timing all over the place.
        Reason being the keybed attached to the side changing in =
relation to the strings-back.
    With the side -keybed correct, the action should be back within =
reasonable regulation (If it was before !)
        Good luck,
        Tom Driscoll    
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