Crack fillers - old soundboards

Jon Page jonpage@mediaone.net
Sun, 29 Apr 2001 08:09:18 -0400


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At 12:41 AM 04/29/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Wallace,
>I have done a board with similar situation, using water thin Epoxy. Used
>masking tape under the cracks. Wedged the board up and injected the epoxy
>with blunt needle syringe. Worked adequately and the customer was happy, as
>the buzzes went away and the sound improved enought to be tolerable.
>regards,
>Joe Garrett

I method I've used is to tape the crack on the board surface, the tape 
needs to be
tight across the crack and not concave.  Invert the piano and apply epoxy 
from the 'bottom'.
This gives a level surface and you don't have to worry too much about 
shrinkage.

Regards,
Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
http://www.stanwoodpiano.com
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