CA rescues another soundboard

[gordon stelter]

Yikes! And I'm sure you wore gloves, goggles And a 
carbon filter mask! BY THE WAY:If you haven't
discovered it, the vinyl disposable gloves from the
grocery Are MUCH less likely to stick together,
instantly, than the  latex ones.
     PECAE,
    Thanks for the tip!
     G

 
--- Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com> wrote:

> I was tuning a 20 year old Wurly console last week.
> Customer complained of a
> problem around F4 to C5, but she was Asian and a
> little difficult to
> understand. I played it a little before tuning and
> it was horribly out, so I
> assumed the tuning was the source of her complaint.
> 
>  
> 
> As I was tuning through that section I started
> hearing the problem- a nice
> buzzy fuzzy overtone. The ribs all looked tight but
> I suspected it was a
> soundboard problem- even though the piano looked
> like new. When pressing
> near the top of the soundboard it seemed to affect
> the buzz.
> 
>  
> 
> I sprayed accelerator on all the rib joints and
> around the rim. After a
> minute I squirted CA glue on all the joints,
> starting with the upper rim
> joint. That has to be done while the bottle is still
> full of glue as I was
> squirting it vertically into the joint. 1 oz of glue
> was all it took to do
> all the ribs and all the way around the rim (I have
> used as much as 2-4 oz
> when there is a lot of rib separation, along with
> lots of accelerator).
> Total time about 10 minutes. 
> 
>  
> 
> Think about how much time and effort it would have
> take to solve that
> problem without thin CA. 
> 
>  
> 
> Dean
> 
> Dean May             cell 812.239.3359 
> 
> PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 
> 
> Terre Haute IN  47802
> 
>  
> 
> 



       
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