Hi all,
Please excuse these questions, but I want to do the best job I can. I am going to attempt my first soundboard restoration on a 1915 Wurlitzer nickelodeon for my own collection. The piano deserves a screw-polishing restoration.
To begin with, how is a soundboard crowned? Are the ribs actually curved before gluing?
How much deflection from a flat plane is used. Is the soundboard a parabola or a true convex lens shape, higher in the middle?
Can an old soundboard be re-crowned?
When making a new soundboard,why not use old soundboard wood?
To most of you these questions are juvenile, but I truly would like to know. If I have to, I will job this part out. (There is a great RPT near me. [Lance Lafargue]) I have been restoring automatic instruments for a long time, but never had to so anything before to the soundboard other than refinishing, bleaching, shimming, etc.
Thanks!
Berley Firmin
LaCombe, Louisiana
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