<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>         A church has a free old Rudolf upright piano serial# 26537.   It's a pretty well built piano, except it has a split apron, and it has a ghost glue mark as if it was originally located 1/2" higher on the soundboard . I tried to move the apron from side to side against the sound board to see if it was loose. It wont budge. I cannot tell if someone reglued it back on the sound board. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Q. Would a piano's apron be loose enough to move even if the glue joint was broken? In other words, would the downbearing/tension of the strings hold the apron in place, even though the glue gave out? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If the thing was re-glued, the tech was <EM>awfully</EM> neat with the glue. Either that, or it wasnt glued. I cannot tell. There is no dried oozed glue! Piano sounds great for its age.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Q. How do I to repair so that it wont cost a small fortune? My guess is to loosen the bass strings, lightly hammer a small wedge of wood between the soundboard and apron, to temporariy separate them and then pour in some quality wood glue and remove the wedge.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What is this piano's age? Thanks in advance!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>5 year rookie </DIV> <DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA      </DIV><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's new at <A title="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" href="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" target="_blank">AOL.com</A> and <A title="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" href="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" target="_blank">Make AOL Your Homepage</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>