On 3/20/2013 9:29 AM, John Ross wrote: > > Is this just cosmetic, or as I suspect the reason for the piano being > off so much pitch wise. > What is the fix recommended. I rebuilt a Kimball some time back, with similar problems. The case veneer looked like a mahogany burl to me. She wanted it rebuilt, and didn't care about the finish, so that meant no screw head cover patches showing outside. I bought some plastic resin glue, because the color was pretty close to that of the veneer, and I could use it as a sort of hard cure filler as well as a glue. I don't typically use it for anything, but it's pretty good stuff if you've never tried it. After tear down, I glued the front separations, clamped and put about 30 drywall screws (a lot anyway) through the inside rim and into the outside, just short of going through. There were separations between inner and outer rims in a lot of places underneath, so I flipped it over, glued, clamped, and added another three pounds of screws around the inside. I spent at least a couple of days just putting the case back together and making the beams and legs solid again. I even added bracing, and ended up with something I thought was quite sturdy. The brown glue disguised the veneer damage better than I'd hoped, for a hack job, and the rebuild went well. I tuned it without incident for a couple of years after that until I was down the day of the next appointment with a long term sinus curse, and she was put out and got someone else rather than reschedule. I didn't have a digital camera at the time, so no photos. Bottom line, I don't think I'd have done it without the rebuild. Ron N
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