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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>You'll need =
about 3 1/2
sheets of whatever stuff you build the box out of.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>You'll =
need three
or four 8' lengths of fair to good 2 x 4s. Rip these down the =
middle and
use them to buttress the joints and for spacer blocks inside the
box.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>The =
oil-filled heater I
mention should be of the baseboard variety. It's better if you use a =
separate
thermostat located some distance away from the heater =
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>You'll want =
to put this
thing up against the wall and fasten it to the wall for =
stability.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>You can also =
use it to dry
out the occasional action.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=pianobuilders@olynet.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> November 06, 2003 7:00 =
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<DIV>Thanks Ron, but I'm not as young as you think.</DIV>
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<DIV>David Love</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>In that =
case, and
depending on the volume of work you intend to do, you can build a =
simple box
large enough to accommodate the largest soundboard you expect to be =
working
on. Something on the order of 8' x 5' x 1' should do the trick. Use =
flakeboard
or something similarly cheap. It's easiest to use the ends as =
doors but
much more convenient in use to make the doors on the front. (Put a 1' =
strip
across the bottom and split a 4' x 8' panel into two 4' x 4' pieces. =
Use
"piano hinges" at each end. Don't worry about making it completely =
airtight --
you'll want a bit of air exchange going on. Put in a couple of =
posts and
braces to keep the soundboard panel(s) up off the floor and spaced =
away from
the walls. Down in the lower right hand corner put a small oil-filled =
electric
heater. This should be a fairly high quality device with a decent =
thermostat
and a low-wattage setting (300 to 600 watts will be adequate). Above =
(or
beside) this place a small, non-oscillating electric fan to keep the =
air
blowing gently around.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>Go back to =
the archives
and find Ron's description of his handy wood moisture content meter =
and make
one. Set it up somewhere toward the middle or top. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>Put the =
panel -- more or
less centered -- in the box. If you're drying more than one panel use =
wood
stickers to keep them separated. Turn on the heater and the fan. Check =
the
wood moisture content meter daily. Once you have everything down to =
the MC you
want, turn down the heat and leave it all to stabilize for a few
days.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080
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