<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Gene,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's good of us to think of the next guy and gal, and replacing that epoxied soundboard is going to curry up explicatives you've never heard as you are awoken from your "Rest In Peace" eighty years or so from now. So if this is a one shot deal, epoxy away. However, Titebond makes an excellent product called <STRONG>Titebond II Extend</STRONG> (thanks to Rick Wheeler of Roseland Piano for this gem). You'll never find it in the hardware store so look it up on the internet or call Titebond for a local rep that can order it for you, oh and you'll have to buy the jug. It's just what you're looking for.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jude Reveley, RPT<BR>Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC<BR>Lowell, Massachusetts<BR>(978) 323-4545</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=nelsong@pbic.net href="mailto:nelsong@pbic.net">Gene Nelson</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> Sunday, July 15, 2007 1:38 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> gluing in the new board</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just curious if anyone uses epoxy to glue in a new soundboard?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Other than the difficulty of removing the board in the next 25 to 50 years, are there any other problems associated with this?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My main motivation for epoxy is that I will be alone for glue up and prboably am not fast enough for carpenters glue.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I do have a bottle of new glue that I have never used from Garrett Wate called Slo-Set Glue - an aliphatic resin - gives about 30 min work time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Comments welcome.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gene Nelson</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>