William R. Monroe wrote: > List, > > I am currently working on rebuilding my own little piano to gain some > experience, and have a question about improving the crown, function of the > soundboard. I had heard of shimming up the SB from underneath, prior to > shimming, or doing anything else on top (Bridge repairs, etc.), in hope that > by doing these repairs while the board was shimmed up, they might act to > improve the crown, even a very little bit. > > My question is about flowing epoxy over the surface of the board, as was > discussed here a while back, and I'm wondering what you all think about > having the board wedged up & flowing on epoxy. My concern is about what may > happen when the wedges are removed - cracked epoxy?!?!? > > What say you? > > William R. Monroe Nothing you do will restore the crown. Epoxy will make the assembly stiffer, and may improve function. If the board is scraped and sanded well so some epoxy will soak into it, and the epoxy isn't piled on knee deep, I wouldn't worry about cracking.
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