<!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 6.00.2900.3243" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>"...most of them are fine after 100 years..."</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Well, yeah. I mean everything is relative. I just serviced a 1950 Betsy Ross spinet today that needs some repair. I recommended to the owner to replace the piano rather than putting money into it. They chose to do the repairs - because otherwise, the piano is just "fine".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>> As to the difficulty of removal, it makes no difference unless you <BR>> intend to remove the old board with every fibre intact and keep it in <BR>> a museum as an example of a soundboard that failed.</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Don't need a museum for soundboards that have failed. There is a world full of them actively being used every day. And getting the soundboard out likely wouldn't be all that difficult with an epoxy joint. But were you run into a difficult task is when you try to clean the rim. You'd be forced to cut a new surface for the soundboard. I'm not aware of any easy way to do that - certainly not as easy as simply using a more removal-friendly glue in the first place.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>From: "John Delacour" <</FONT><A href="mailto:JD@Pianomaker.co.uk"><FONT face=Arial>JD@Pianomaker.co.uk</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>> At 20:01 -0500 21/1/08, Farrell wrote:<BR>> <BR>>>Ahh! No!..., Ahhhhhh!!!!!! Nooooooooo!!!!!!! Say it ain't so!... <BR>>>please have some mercy on the next guy to put a board in that piano <BR>>>down the road!<BR>>>...The last two are for sure, as well as they are resistant to removal!<BR>>><BR>>>That just ain't right!<BR>> <BR>> Well, where you are you seem to replace soundboards as though they <BR>> were sparking-plugs.  Quite why I can't tell.  A soundboard over here <BR>> is most unlikely to be replaced even after 100 years and most of them <BR>> are fine after 100 years if the pianos have any worth.<BR>> <BR>> As to the difficulty of removal, it makes no difference unless you <BR>> intend to remove the old board with every fibre intact and keep it in <BR>> a museum as an example of a soundboard that failed.<BR>> <BR>> JD<BR>></FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>