Rebuilt Steinway

[Richard Brekne]

Check out the Steinway nett pages. There is a whole side buried in there dealing
with this. Jist of it is that cracks in themselves dont alter the total surface
area of the soundboard more then a half iota, and that cracks dont seem to alter
the transfer of sound over the board as a whole. They say its no big deal at all.
On the other hand, cracks can be indicative of other problems which they dont seem
to comment much about.

If you cant find it let me know, I think I can navigate my way back to that side.

kam544@flash.net wrote:

> >Small cracks in soundboards are in themselves nothing to be concerned
> >about, and
> >indeed really nothing to even bother repairing outside of cosmetic issues.
> >Steinway themselves say this and have publicised information to that effect...
> >Richard Brekne...
>
> Richard,
>
> I'd be interested in reading this information you say Steinway publicises
> concerning cracked soundboards.  Would you please provide the reference
> source?
>
> Keith McGavern
> Registered Piano Technician
> Oklahoma Chapter 731
> Piano Technicians Guild
> USA

--
Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway