<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content=Word.Document name=ProgId> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <META content="Microsoft Word 10" name=Originator><LINK href="cid:filelist.xml@01C57BEB.119D9C40" rel=File-List> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US style="tab-interval: .5in" vLink=purple link=blue> <DIV> <DIV>Brian,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Since no-one else has answered, I'll throw in my 2 cents.  These notes are wound bi-chords?  If that's the case, I would first eliminate the strings themselves as the cause.  There are methods of restoring some life to old wound strings.  For example, remove the string, form a loop in one end, and rol the loop up and down the length of the string.  Or just measure them and buy replacements.   For $20 or $30 you'll know for sure.  I doubt very much that any soundboard damage would cause such a specifically localised problem.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mike</DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=doepkeb@comcast.net href="mailto:doepkeb@comcast.net">Brian Doepke</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 6/28/2005 2:07:35 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> soundboard split</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="News Gothic MT" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'News Gothic MT'">Hello List,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="News Gothic MT" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'News Gothic MT'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="News Gothic MT" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'News Gothic MT'">My 1965 Wurlitzer baby grand has a couple of “dead” notes at the inside edge at the bass strut…in other words the last 2 notes before the strut/bass section.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="News Gothic MT" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'News Gothic MT'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="News Gothic MT" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'News Gothic MT'">I have tried “juicing” them….and using a hammer iron. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Neither one worked.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="News Gothic MT" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'News Gothic MT'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="News Gothic MT" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'News Gothic MT'">I then seated the strings at the bridge pins. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Nothing.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="News Gothic MT" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'News Gothic MT'">However, while tapping the strings I noticed a crack in the soundboard that seems to follow under the bridge except for at the very end….close to where the dead notes terminate.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="News Gothic MT" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'News Gothic MT'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="News Gothic MT" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'News Gothic MT'">Are there other things that I can try to eliminate the “deadness” before trying to fill the crack.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Is the crack even an issue?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>It seems to be, but I am looking for other ideas before tackling filling the crack.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="News Gothic MT" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'News Gothic MT'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="News Gothic MT" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'News Gothic MT'">I can’t even see it from the bottom side because of a wooden support in the “nose” of the piano.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="News Gothic MT" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'News Gothic MT'">Does anyone have any ideas of how I should proceed?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><EM><I><FONT face="Lydian BT" color=#400040 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #400040; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lydian BT'; mso-no-proof: yes">    </SPAN></FONT></I></EM><EM><I><FONT face="Lydian BT" color=#400040><SPAN style="COLOR: #400040; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lydian BT'; mso-no-proof: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></I></EM><STRONG><B><I><FONT face="Lydian BT" color=#400040 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #400040; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lydian BT'; mso-no-proof: yes"> Brian P. 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