Wounded piano

[Nichols]

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At 11:25 AM 11/23/2005 -0700, you wrote:

>Guy,
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>Thanks for the info.  Sounds like a simple repair!
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>Jeremy


Any time. Be sure to let us know how it works out. If it disintegrates, you 
never heard of me...........

G


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>From: Nichols [mailto:nicho@zianet.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 7:47 PM
>To: Pianotech
>Subject: Re: Wounded piano
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>At 11:54 AM 11/22/2005 -0700, you wrote:
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>Hello list,
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>I was looking at one of our university s Baldwin s as a candidate for 
>restringing, and discovered the structural damage pictured in the 
>attachment.  Any ideas on how this could have happened?
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>Gremlins, moving stress, any number of things that don't matter. (it's in 
>the past!)
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>Any suggestions for repair (I don t want to replace the sound-board)?
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>Yeah, that part of the board is cosmetic anyway. Your biggest issue may be 
>sostenueto adjustment. Take off the lid, clamp a two-by-four down to the 
>top of the board, end-wise along side the rim as close as you can get, and 
>see if the assembly will drop that  4 or 5 mm it seems that is lifted. If 
>so, let it up and squeeze some epoxy in there. and re-clamp. Or not, you 
>know. If it is "solid", and not buzzing, the sos reg can be dealt with.
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>It doesn t seem to have affected the sound of the piano negatively.  The 
>piano has got a big sound with good sustain, but it s been around the 
>block a few times.  It s a Model SF made in 1920.
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>Or '56, as you corrected. One of my faves.
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>Jeremy
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>Good luck,
>Guy Nichols, RPT
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>Jeremy Gould, Piano Technician
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>University of Northern Colorado
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>School of Music
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>Frasier Hall 3 , Campus Box 28
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>Greeley, CO  80639
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>970-351-1132
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