Rebuilding an upright

[Delwin D Fandrich]

1)  Not always. Most of the upright soundboards I have replaced have come out
and gone in with the sides in place. Check before you saw and don't make things
more difficult than they need to be.
 
2)  If you leave the original pinblock in place while the board is being fitted
and the bridges are being positioned you can align the plate using the original
plate screws. A few measurements help. You then align the bridges to the plate.
As usual.
 
ddf


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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Fenton Murray
Sent: April 21, 2008 10:58 AM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Rebuilding an upright


 1) .... The sides need to come off to install the SB. Michael Campi showed me a
method of sawing a kerf on the back side up the glue line with a skill saw,
makes knocking the side off much easier, a shim is made to reassemble. Look real
close for screws coming into the side through the end beam.  
 
2) .... Also, bridge locating is a little trickier because there is no rim to
reference to, I use the block area  up high and build up a removable fixture at
the bottom of the piano for reference. 

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