<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  Terry</DIV> <DIV> I use a maple piece/shelf held under the belly (temporarily ) rai= l cutout with wedges . Clamp with C clamps.</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To those in the habit of gluing soundboar= ds 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 pres= ents 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 b= oard to a cut-off bar in the area where the cut-off overlaps the horizonta= l 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 participant= s 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 title=http://www.farrellpiano.com/ href="http://www.farrellpiano.com/">www.farrellpiano.com</A></FONT></DIV= ></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>