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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Terry:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your input. I’ve
been practicing the seven words you can’t say on TV in anticipation of my
need to use them repeatedly today. Since misery loves company, it gladdens my
heart to know that others have suffered as much as I am going to. Gives me the
strength to go on – suffering ennobles us or something like that. With
the 5 rib radii I will be using and the set up of my caul radii, and 11 ribs;
I am planning on 3 rounds of 4, 4, and 3 ribs respectively. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Nice pictures, SWEET looking
panel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Will <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Farrell<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 04, 2008 5:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Pianotech List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Fitting fire hose to barbs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hope
the boiling water/oil thing works for you. I found that when I put the hardware
on my hoses that my four-letter-word vocabulary increases dramatically. I think
I did finally use some sort of lubricant - been so long now I really don't
remember what - but I do remember lots of cursing, twisting, pounding,
pleading, etc. But in the end they finally go and you get something like
this.....</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
took these pictures yesterday morning - I ribbed a Del Fandrich design
soundboard panel for a 1970s S&S D.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
find ribbing panels one of the most satisfying activities. I love how the panel
goes from wet-noodle to rock stiffness. Fun stuff!</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FWIW:
I used three presses to rib this panel. A smaller press was used for the high
treble ribs. I takes me about 20 minutes to prep, glue and clean-up each rib -
so even if I am working without interruption, leapfrogging with three presses
gives me 40 to 50 minutes of clamping time for each rib. I'm using Titebond
Original which has a recommended clamp time of 20 minutes or so. Because of
press space limitations with the fanned rib array, I often only use two presses
when ribbing small panels. This particular soundboard has 19 ribs - so using
three presses was much more efficient.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Terry
Farrell</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="http://www.farrellpiano.com">www.farrellpiano.com</a></span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal>I got my Nitrile rubber 1 ˝” fire hose late this
afternoon, and at the end of the day I cut my lengths and started playing with
fitting the hose over the barbs of my end pieces. The inner diameter is
slightly smaller than the end of the barb. Even with grease and wanging
the barb around the inside of the end of the hose to stretch it a bit, it looks
like it’s going to be a lot of work to get those suckers on – a lot
of screaming, cursing, and gnashing of teeth. I was hoping to secure a
tool designed for this task at a hardware store, but there appears to be no
such animal. The suggestion of placing the hose end in very hot water was
made to me, and I will try that tomorrow. Does anyone who has experience
doing this have any suggestions that I could use to make my life easier
here? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Will Truitt<o:p></o:p></p>
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