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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=gnewell@ameritech.net =
href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">Greg
Newell</A> </DIV>
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title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> January 15, 2002 3:56 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: my own =
Soundboard</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks Del. I was still talking about edge gluing. I would not =
advocate
joining two pieces end to end in a soundboard situation. Never crossed =
my
mind. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>Why not? I'm planning on doing it on a piano =
I'm
remanufacturing for myself. It's been done quite successfully in the =
past. I'll
not be using a finger joint, however. I haven't quite decided what to
use.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Has anyone ever tried gluing up 2 boards first, then adding one =
at a time
until the desired panel size is achieved? </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080>We glue up sub-panels that are less than 24" =
wide (so
we can still run them through our thickness planer) and then glue up the =
final
panel.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>Once you get started you will undoubtedly =
come up with
your own ideas. There is no one 'right' way to do this stuff. Just a =
bunch of
acceptable to good ways.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV>
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