In article <961016235622_128667971@emout11.mail.aol.com>, PNOTNR@aol.com writes >(This is a question I asked about a year ago, and received absolutely no >response. Either my question was considered naive, or everyone thought >someone else would tackle it.) > Depending on what school of thought you belong to. Whether you scrape your soundboards, or remove the polish with paint stripper. If you belong to the latter you may consider putting your shim in before you strip the soundboard and trim it down, then when you come to strip the soundboard the little bit of stain which is present in the varnish will stain the new white wood practically to the same colour of the original soundboard. You can then bleach the soundboard with oxalic acid. To your second part, that's an interesting one. When I have removed soundboard planks I have tended to save the middle and and cut them approximately an inch wide and that gives me one inch strips and the thickness of the soundboard, then I plain them in to a V shape this gives me the thickness of the soundboard at the top tapered down to nothing and they work out about three quarters of an inch tall this is generally more than enough to fill the worst cracks with enough sticking out proud to trim off, I also use a V shaped chisel to cut open the crack in the soundboard. Hope this is of some help. Barrie. -- Barrie Heaton | Be Environmentally Friendly URL: http://www.airtime.co.uk/forte/piano.htm | To Your Neighbour The UK PIano Page | pgp key on request | HAVE YOUR PIANO TUNED
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