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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Farrell<BR><B>Sent:</B>
October 14, 2006 2:49 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
New Hammers on Old Piano<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><EM>I haven't looked at it for a while but the plate,board &
block should come out as a unit. </EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Yes, I see that it would. The plate has a flange all the way
around its perimeter that butts up to, and is screwed into, the outer rim. The
inner rim is attached to the inside of the plate rim
flange.</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV dir=ltr><STRONG><EM><SPAN class=328271218-14102006>You might check that
again. If it's like my old 9' J. B., the soundboard is mounted to a separate
"inner rim" that is fastened to the bottom of the plate. But the sides of this
inner rim were spaced a bit from the lower flange of the plate. There were
square headed bolts run into this rim which butted up against the plate flange.
You could actually adjust soundboard crown by turning these bolts in or
out.</SPAN></EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><STRONG><EM><SPAN class=328271218-14102006>Clever system and the
only one I've ever seen in which soundboard crown can actually be adjusted. This
despite the various claims floating around.</SPAN></EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Are you putting a new board in it or going with the
original? If new, are you charging for<STRONG><EM><U> two</U></EM></STRONG>
sets of ribs!?</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=328271218-14102006><FONT size=3>Now why would you want
to replace that soundboard? In mine, at least, the top and bottom ribs sistered
each other and had obviously been pressed with the soundboard crown in the
cauls. The crown in the 9' JB's soundboard would have survived Noah's
flood.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=328271218-14102006><FONT size=3>Del</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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