My first bit of bad news

[Greg Newell]

Michelle,
         Depends. What is it your trying to 
achieve here? Are you intending to string it 
along until the piano owner comes to the same 
realization that you already have i.e. this 
should be gotten rid of and replaced with 
something that more closely resembles a musical 
instrument? Or is this one in a long series of 
future band aids meant to disguise the problems 
that everyone is content to deny?

Good Luck!

Greg Newell


At 01:13 PM 8/17/2006, you wrote:
>First of all, thanks SO much to all of you who responded on this topic.
>I'll let you know how things go when I visit my client in a couple of weeks.
>
>
>Last question, do you pre-drill the hole to avoid cracking the rib or just
>"get after it" with the screw?
>
>Michelle Smith
>Bastrop, Texas
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
>Of Marcel Carey
>Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 11:23 AM
>To: 'Pianotech List'
>Subject: RE : My first bit of bad news
>
>The one thing I don't like with the sheetrock screw, is the weakening of
>the ribs. You have to drill 2 holes about 7/32" in each rib along the
>crack. What I prefer to do nowdays is just use one small screw and a
>piece of flat maple. I drill a very small hole in the rib right on the
>crack and then srew my block from the front pushing that soundboard
>against the rib. When this is not possible because of the plate being in
>the way, I would use a screw right in the crack from behind, leaving a
>lot of it protruding in the back, use medium CA glue between the board
>and ribs and then just use plyers to pull on the screw toward the ribs
>and wait a few seconds for the CA to set. I then remove the screw. This
>way at least the ribs won't be weakened (never mind that old uprights'
>boards are already flat).
>
>Marcel Carey, RPT
>Sherbrooke, QC

Greg Newell
Greg's Piano Forté
mailto:gnewell at ameritech.net
www.gregspianoforte.com