Hi folks, I've mentioned on here before, an old Erard I tune. As you can see from the pics and the number, the design lagged well behind the technical developments of its time. Three or four tuning pins are quite loose now. As the coils are close to the block, there is limited scope for judicious and supported hammering further in. I'm therfore thinking the three or four loose pins would be good candidates for CA treatment - a "minimal interference" approach. Do you concur? Also, I'm going to clean the soundboard, which should not be too arduous as it's straight strung. What might I use to touch up and disguise the scratches on the soundboard? Would the original soundboard finish be hard white varnish, or french polish? I will opf course point out most carefully the existence of the scratches before starting the cleaning! I will send the pics in more than one email as I think the file size would be too big. Best regards, David. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Erard front.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 49483 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080730/5c946830/attachment-0003.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Erard side.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 46502 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080730/5c946830/attachment-0004.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Erard straight strings & Capo bar.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 48801 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080730/5c946830/attachment-0005.jpe
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