> >My judgement is that I am looking at a solid core faced with a veneer on both >sides, and that the veneer is lifting somewhere near the nose bolt in the >bass. I've checked and checked the bridges for rubbing against the plate, >and there seems to be clearance everywhere. > >Thanks for the reply > >Bill Maxim Hello, Bill I wonder what would happen if you managed to work a small clamp through the nosebolt hole, and tightened it so it pressed the layers together. I mean, what's a little extra impedance among friends? Well, sort of crazy ... but sometimes for nearly terminal terribly cracked and loose upright soundboards, not worthy of true repairs, I get the noises to quiet down by wedging scrap hammer felt between a backpost and a rib. For that matter, you could try that, if it is time to go home and nothing better has presented itself. If one can lay a hand on a certain area, and the sound goes away, it sometimes makes me wonder if I can find an artificial semi-permanent "hand" which could do the same thing while I walked out to the car and drove away. Susan
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