For me, it depends on the bottom board itself. All to often this is made of an underdimensioned wood similiar material that reacts more like brittle balsa then a solid peice of wood. In that case I like to just replace the whole darned thing, and the customer either affords it... or gets somebody else to jury rig the thing. If its a good solid and thick enough plate tho... just cracked... I tape off the bottom with strong duct tape and fill with thick fast setting epoxy mixed with fine sawdust... and I mean dust... as in sanding dust... Come back the next day and sand it all nice and flat and reinstall the trap work. RicB Carman Gentile wrote: > At the risk of asking about a topic that has already been covered... > > What is the preferred method to repair a crack in the bottom board > of an upright (for clients who cannot afford to replace it)? > I have seen some repaired using a few steel "mending plates". Are there > any repair techniques that YOU prefer? > > Carman Gentile RPT > Redwood Chapter > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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