bottom board crack

Keith McGavern kam544@gbronline.com
Thu, 4 Sep 2003 00:50:39 -0500


At 10:28 PM -0700 9/3/03, Carman Gentile wrote:
... I have seen some repaired using a few steel "mending plates". ...

Carman,

Just did one a couple of weeks ago on a small piano. I tipped the 
piano and put the mending plates on a severe crack that ran three 
quarters of the way across, and one side of the crack bowed out as 
well. Probably used eight 4" plates.

Turned out great! Customer was pleased.

Keith McGavern
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
USA

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