<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The buzz is more likely from a rib separation under the crack than from the crack itself.  I = wouldn’t glue in the card stock as I would be surprised if it created a permanent = band-aid fix.  It probably stopped buzzing because the card, for the moment, = restricted movement of the panel over the separated rib.  I would check again and then = consider a repair pulling the panel back to the rib.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p> <div> <p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size:10.0pt; color:navy'>David Love<br> davidlovepianos@comcast.net </span></font></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original = Message-----<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span = style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>A440 Piano Service<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January = 24, 2006 5:18 AM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> PTG List<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> McGyver = Soundboard Band-Aid</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Good Morning = All,</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Yesterday I called on a = lady with a nice old Knabe Upright.  During the inspection phase of the service = I found a few buzzes when certain bass strings were played.  Further inspection revealed the buzzes were emanating from soundboard = cracks.  YIKES!  She had been hearing them, too, and they were annoying = her.  I fixed those buzzes on the spot by folding a couple of business cards = and inserting them into the cracks.  I told her that once I practiced = doing soundboard shim repairs on a couple of "guinea pigs" in my = garage, I'd contact her about doing the repairs the right way.  She's = interested in having them done.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I made the decision to do = the band-aid in the meantime like that because I know she plays the piano = often, and she lives alone, and it was so out of tune!  I just didn't want = to turn around and leave by dismissing the piano until the repairs could be = done.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>What I'd like to ask those = of you with more experience is this: did I put the piano at any further = risk by doing this "McGyver" type quick-fix in the short term?  = It didn't seem like it could aggravate the problem, really, and that the = main downside would be that the cards were susceptible to vibrating out = again....  should I have put a drop of Tite-bond on them?  Should I NOT have = done this for some reason?</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks,</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>John Dorr</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Helena, = MT</span></font></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>