<!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 6.00.2800.1555" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hi,</DIV> <DIV>The apron will not move much as it is held in place by 30+ bridge pins.</DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></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=KeyKat88@aol.com href="mailto:KeyKat88@aol.com">KeyKat88@aol.com</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, November 09, 2007 5:51 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Cracked Apron Question and Serial# Help </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>