Shimming Soundboards

[William R. Monroe]

Greg,

Completely get your point.  I'm just interested in this concept for my own
work.

Respectfully,
William R. Monroe



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: Shimming Soundboards


> Ron, William and list,
>          I hope I was successful making this point earlier. I'm much more
> concerned with mating bridge to board and board to ribs than I am in
fixing
> a crack which I do believe to be cosmetic. I've seen boards riddled with
> huge cracks (plural) and still sounded just fine. Perhaps not as good as
> they could have but it wasn't because of the cracks!
>
> Greg
>
>
>
> At 09:54 AM 3/26/2005, you wrote:
>
> >>  I'm not trying to be condescending here, only
> >>very curious about the use of shims, whether they are useful or not, in
any
> >>degree of soundboard repair; or should we just stick to epoxy?
> >>Respectfully,
> >>William R. Monroe
> >
> >
> >Whether you use new wood shims, old wood shims, or epoxy, the repair is
> >cosmetic. It won't have a real or lasting affect on performance. You
> >aren't fixing anything here, just filling a crack.
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