Barrie writes:
>When the new ribs are installed are the bridges taken off , is the
>sound board placed on a flat surface or a bevelled surface
A bevelled surface Barrie.
> are all of
>the ribs taken off at once or are they replaced one by one
Position of all ribs is marked, then they're all planed off at once.
> are go bars
>used to apply pressure to the new ribs,
I do not know what "go bars" are, but I suspect they are long bars between "a" ceiling and the ribs. This is the procedure followed.
>what type of glue is used,
White glue
>and do any of the butt joint of the sound board fail during the process.
What are "butt joints"?
>Are the ribs cut to the same size and thickness,
Yes, no fooling around.
>do you tune the ribs,
Never done before (Thank you Susan!)
>do you put a shape to the ribs so as to increase the downbering
Sometimes yes, sometimes no
>what
>factors do you use to choose the ribs, do you try to mach the wood to
>the same forest.
The wood bought for this purpose is "sound board wood"..no frills
>I have seen a Chappell piano which this was done to, the tone was Ok.
>However, I could not do a before and after comparison. As I never seen
>the piano before. The only reason I new it had new ribs on it was the
>usual, piano tuner arrives before the piano and I noticed them thay
>stuck out like a sour thum.
Indeed, the new wood sticks out, but a sore thumb?
>Sorry, if you have answered all of these questions before.
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