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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial>And as the =
depressed owner
of a 40 year-old sailboat with about 200 steam-bent ribs - about half of =
which
are cracked - I know all too well that even when you steam bend a rib it =
will
always want to go some distance toward straightening back out. =
Laminate or
cut the curve - on new wood.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Delwin D Fandrich" <</FONT><A =
href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>pianobuilders@olynet.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>></FONT></DIV></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> =
<BR>> -----
Original Message ----- <BR>> From: "Alan Forsyth" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>><BR>> To: "Pianotech" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial =
size=2>><BR>> Sent:
October 08, 2003 6:22 PM<BR>> Subject: Restoring crown (was RC Vs CC
again)<BR>> ><BR>> > Hi Del, thanks for your post. When you =
say "We
do not typically heat ribs<BR>> > sufficiently to either give them =
crown
or to remove crown once it is<BR>> > established however." does =
this mean
that, say in an old banger<BR>> situation,<BR>> > one could
theoretically restore crown by heat setting the ribs instead of<BR>> =
>
going through the uneconomic procedure of re-building a =
soundboard?<BR>>
<BR>> Sure. Of course you'd have to take the soundboard and ribs out =
of the
piano<BR>> first. Then separate the ribs from the panel. All without
damaging<BR>> anything. Then heat the ribs and bend them to your =
desired
radius. And,<BR>> finally, reassemble the whole thing. A good days
work.<BR></FONT></BODY></HTML>