Soundboard installation, next topic : the glue

[John Delacour]

At 10:45 -0500 22/1/08, Erwinspiano at aol.com wrote:

>    Actually some are.  Some old instruments have a piece of wood 
>running all the way round the edge of the board that is glued on 
>then the plate sits on it.  Weber comes to  mind.
>    But you are correct...Not usually.

Not usually in American pianos perhaps.  Very usually in English and 
German pianos.  On the older ones the hardwood strip is screwed down 
on top of the soundboard so that the board is clamped even before the 
metal frame goes in.

JD