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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good Morning All,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Dorr</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Helena, MT</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>