Gluing sound board cracks back to ribs.

Wimblees@AOL.COM Wimblees@AOL.COM
Sun, 13 Feb 2000 17:28:03 EST


In a message dated 2/13/00 4:14:23 AM !!!First Boot!!!, 
remoody@midstatesd.net writes:

<< The problem is a cracked soundboard, and one side of the crack has
 pulled away from the rib about as far as to slip a business card
 through if it were cut in half.    This is in a full sized upright,
 player piano actually.  I must make any repair from the rib side.   >>


Another way to do this is to screw an eyelet into the rib, and put a screw 
through the eye into the soundboard, and pull the soundboard to the rib. 
(with glue there of course). 

Willem 


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