<!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 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greg: See if you can wedge the ribs back against the board, or use drywall screws to pull the rib and board back together, then glue them. It would be a good idea to check all the ribs and the edges as well. It sounds like this piano has been through some extreme humidity conditions. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good luck,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Patrick C. Poulson<BR>Registered Piano Technician<BR>Piano Technicians Guild</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=ghollpiano@yahoo.com href="mailto:ghollpiano@yahoo.com">Greg Hollister</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> Friday, July 27, 2007 8:14 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> separated spinet ribs</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I just tuned a  Winter spinet with some buzzing notes. When I looked at the back I saw 4-5 ribs that were visibly separated, (one was shimmed with a piece of wood). I would like to draw these ribs together again but I'm not sure it's possible without removing the plate. This piano is not a candidate for rebuilding. Does there ever come a time when the customers needs are best met by epoxying rib gaps? Greg Hollister RPT <P> <HR SIZE=1> Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story.<BR><A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48224/*http://sims.yahoo.com/">Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. </A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>