<HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Read the articles by Del Fandrich on epoxy soundboard restoration.</DIV> <DIV>ES<BR><BR><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Hotwheelsp@aol.com <BR>Sent: Jun 18, 2006 11:42 PM <BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org <BR>Subject: Restoring crown in old soundboard <BR><BR><ZZZHTML><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv="Content-Type"><ZZZMETA content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name="GENERATOR"></ZZZHEAD><ZZZBODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" rightMargin="7" topMargin="7" leftMargin="7" bottomMargin="7"><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>As I have progressed through my first restoration, I have now come to repairing the soundboard. After inspecting it for cracks (there was only one which traversed the upper left corner), I turned my attention to the crown of the board. My question now is: How do I restore crown to this old board. Is this possible? The board has negative downbearing, which I guess could be corrected through the soon-to-be recapped bridges, but I figured this was not the long term solution. Any advice would be greatly appreciated </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Phillip Pardue</DIV></FONT></ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY>