Crack fillers - old soundboards

[Farrell]

Some thoughts on whether filling/shimming a soundboard crack is entirely
cosmetic. Sometimes cracks cause buzzing. Filling them or proper shimming
will stop/prevent a buzz from a cracked soundboard (at least from that
crack). Also, I almost always find that the soundboard has pulled away from
the rib at and adjacent to the crack. Obviously, the separated rib can be
fixed without attention to the soundboard crack, but it's pretty easy to
make it one procedure. I should think having the soundboard uninterrupted in
this area would help to maintain the integrity of the soundboard-to-rib
repair.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <Yardarm103669107@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: Crack fillers - old soundboards


> In a message dated 4/28/2001 4:06:30 PM Central Daylight Time,
> rbrekne@broadpark.no writes:
>
> << Filling cracks is largely
>  a cosmetic effort anyways. >>
>
> How about, entirely?
> PR-J
>