[pianotech] Glassing the block (was Scary Experience)

[Ed Sutton]

Do you just put the epoxy along the flange edge of the block?
Do you use a mold release or soap on the plate?
I see one advantage in that any squeeze out goes down (paper on the keybed).
Ed
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> Just that. The block is fitted and temporarily screwed to the plate with 
> four or five screws, located and glued in the piano, and the plate is 
> pulled for doweling the block ends. When I put the plate in for the FINAL 
> time, I glass the block, install the plate, and all of the screws. I don't 
> separate the plate from the block after glassing. The plate only goes out 
> and back of the piano twice total, if I sequence things right. Out at tear 
> down, in to locate the block and bridges, out for doweling the block and 
> installing the board, and in with epoxy to finish.
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> Ron N
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