Piano Side

[Farrell]

Simple pipe clamps. You might want to cut a 2 x 4 the width of the side in about four places and then use eight clamps, four on the back and four on the front.

You could also use several nylon straps with ratchet.

Perhaps others have some good suggestions. I will have to be gluing two sides on a rebuilt M&H soon.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 7:03 AM
Subject: Re: Piano Side


> Don,
> 
> Thank you for a very helpful response.  I also have a client with a
> vertical piano in which the entire right side is separated from the
> strung back.  Since I wasn't quite sure how to go about doing the
> repair, and the customer didn't seem to want any extra expense, it
> hasn't been repaired yet.
> 
> I do have a question about the clamping you mention.  Can one actually
> buy clamps long enough to reach from one side of the piano to the
> other?  It seems to me that is what you would need.  Also, if they are
> available, I find it hard to part with the needed bucks to buy tools I
> may never need more than once.
> 
> Regards,
> Clyde Hollinger, RPT
> 
> Donald Mannino wrote:
> 
> > Jack,
> >
> > It's OK with me if you declare the piano a total loss, and have them
> > buy a new Kawai!
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > You will be better off removing the side and cleaning things up.  Take
> > out the bottom board, action and keybed, remove the side from the
> > back.
> >
> > After cleaning up splinters, carefully align the side again - it
> > should be nearly flush with the rear facing panels top and bottom.
> > Match the other side exactly at the top - some models are even with
> > the pinblock, others are not.  Once you get a good location, mark it
> > all over the place to help get it back there.
> >
> > After taking the side off again, drill some small holes near the top
> > and bottom, and install bridge pins point side out so that the point
> > just barely sticks out the side (you can super glue or epoxy them into
> > the holes).  Position the side panel according to your marks, and tap
> > on it with a rubber mallet to leave marks in the side panel to help
> > with alignment and keeping the side in position when clamping.  Then
> > apply thick epoxy, put the panel on, and clamp it.
> >
> > Make sure the sides are parallel also - it could be easy to have the
> > re-glued side angled out at the front if you only clamp at the back!
> > That would be a mess.
> >
> > Depending on the age of the piano, you might also want to call me at
> > Kawai - if you are not comfortable doing this job, it could possibly
> > be sent back to the factory in North Carolina and repaired there.  We
> > did this with a UST-7 that had similar problems in a church a few
> > years back.
> >
> > Don Mannino RPT
> > Kawai America
> > 800-421-2177
> >
> >
> > At 04:53 PM 1/20/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> >> I am currently working on a Kawai. It is a school piano that the
> >> kids dropped off the stage. The piano is fine, except for the side.
> >> The glue has come undone. Question, Do I insert glue and clamp or do
> >> I take the whole side off and clean off old glue and reglue?
> >> Also what kind of glue do I use?
> >> Thanks
> >> Jack
> >
>