<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To those in the habit of gluing = soundboards to piano rims......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the high treble along the belly = rail, the belly rail is commonly not vertical, but rather angled a bit towards the = pinblock at the upper edge where the soundboard to rim joint is. This presents a bit = of a clamping challenge. I have used go-bars in these kinds of areas in the = past, but would greatly prefer to use a clamp. Also, when gluing the board = to a cut-off bar in the area where the cut-off overlaps the horizontal = portion of the belly rail (and this can be quite wide on well-built pianos) presents an = area where a traditional clamp cannot be used. Again, one can use the go-bar, = but I wonder if some of the wonderfully invent-ful participants of this list = haven't come up with some kind of ingenious/superior method of clamping in these = areas.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ideas?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.farrellpiano.com">www.farrellpiano.com</A></FONT></DIV= ></BODY></HTML>