<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Another advantage to laminated ribs!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 20, = 2003 11:54 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Glue cleanup on = ribs</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Short nails with a sharper and more = tapered point would probably be better (even predrilled) to insure that you = don't split the ribs.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A = href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n= et</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com = href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com"></A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 9/20/2003 7:16:40 PM = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Glue cleanup on = ribs</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040> <FONT size=3>     Trix and I pressed up a = S&S O board today. We tried using tight bond again but tried to get a better = feel for just the right amount of glue to apply so that only a small amount = of squezze came at the out when we turned up the 40 P.S.I  air = pressure. It worked much better and the samller amounts of glue were more = easily cleaned up with damp rags and dry paper towell. With only 11 ribs = the spacing between cauls was wider and 1& 1/2 hrs. This will = probably continue to be our chosen method.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 = size=3>   Also on a different subject ,on occasion we've had the ribs scoot sideways = as we apply pressure (this happened with go bars to)  so we install = short center pins into the ribs glue surface to keep them from skidding = sideways when the pressures turned up.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 = size=3>   Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 = size=3>   Erwins Piano = Restoration</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>