<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C4B0FD.4D8590F0"> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue = style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>On the soundboard that I’m = currently doing I’ve secured the board to the rim with screws and cardboard = washers—as in front rail punchings.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>A = few small screws (#8 x 1 Ľ” and they have that built in washer at the = head) into the rim in the area under the plate about every 12 – 18” or = so (I can’t remember the exact spacing), and a clamping block on the = straight side and the cutoff area where the plate is not in the way.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I drill the hole through the panel = large enough so that the screw is not actually cutting or binding in the = panel, only in the rim. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Once the board is = in the holes can be filled and won’t show anyway since they are under the = plate.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size:10.0pt; color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>David Love<br> </span></font><st1:PersonName><font size=2 color=navy><span = style='font-size: = 10.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>davidlovepianos@comcast.net</span></f= ont></st1:PersonName><font size=2 color=navy><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'> = </span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original = Message-----<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span = style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b></span></font><st1:PersonName><font size=2 = face=Tahoma><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Farrell</span></font></st1:= PersonName><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, October = 13, 2004 8:05 AM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Downbearing - = Setting with Loose Board</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I'd like to start a = discussion on setting downbearing as part of rebuilding a piano - specifically, what = methods of clamping the soundboard to the rim are used by those who plane their = bridges for appropriate downbearing prior to gluing the soundboard to the = rim.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Obviously one needs to have = both the soundboard and the plate in the case to set downbearing (bridge height). = The problem arises (at least for me) in the fact that the plate is in the = way of easily/directly clamping the soundboard to the rim (such that bridge = height relative to the plate will be accurately represented). I have used = little wooden wedges placed between the plate bottom and the soundboard top in = the past - and that seems to work - but I wonder if there is not a more efficient/easier/faster way to do this.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>How do others approach this = task?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Terry = Farrell</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a = href="http://www.farrellpiano.com">www.farrellpiano.com</a></span></fon= t><o:p></o:p></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>