Crack fillers - old soundboards

[Joseph Garrett]

Terry,
IMHO your assumptions are correct.
Regards,
Joe Garrett
----- Original Message -----
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: Crack fillers - old soundboards


> 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
> >
>