[pianotech] Soundboard-to-Rib Repairs

[David Love]

If those separations are the source of buzzing and noise (which they can be)
it will resolve those issues.  Otherwise it will have no significant
acoustic benefit and certainly will not help restore crown.

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Paul Milesi
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:46 PM
To: PTG Pianotech List
Subject: [pianotech] Soundboard-to-Rib Repairs

I would like to know what benefits there are to making Soundboard-to-Rib
Repairs on a piano.  I am referring here only to re-attaching loose ribs to
soundboards on a fully strung, otherwise functioning piano.  Are there any
advantages other than preventing or curing buzzes and rattles?  Is any crown
restored, or anything else like that?  Is it possible to improve tone (other
than stopping obvious buzzes) by making such repairs?

Paul Milesi RPT
Washington DC
(202) 246-3136 Cell/Text
paul at pmpiano.com
http://www.pmpiano.com