Loose Upright soundboard

[gordon stelter]

In places where you want to get glue into a joint but
have no "access", I recommend drilling pilot holes
through the "front" piece only, filling them with
glue, and then taking the bit out of the drill and
turning it around to use the "butt" end as a  ram to
push the glue through the hole and into the loose
joint. A lot of glue can be put into the joint with
this method, into placesa spatula or knife blade won't
fit,  and the force of the "ram" will spread it into
the joint well.
     G



--- John Ross <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca> wrote:

> Use a syringe, to inject some glue, then the screws
> to hold in place.
> I have also used the method, you suggest, from the
> front. The eyescrews, go into the side panel, as you
> are trying to draw the board toward the front. Then
> a drywall screw, with an aggressive thread, not the
> fine thread ones as they tend to strip the hole,
> goes through the eye, into the sound board, and
> pulls it back. When the glue dries, or on your next
> visit remove the screws, and plastic wood, may be
> used to tidy up the hole, if needed.
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Erwinspiano@aol.com 
>   To: pianotech@ptg.org 
>   Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 8:24 PM
>   Subject: Loose Upright soundboard
> 
> 
>        Steve
>     If there is access enough then it is a simple
> matter to drill a pilot hole for dry wall screws
> thru the board from the back of the piano  & into
> the soundboard liner. Get some glue into the joint
> any way possible & then screw it down.  The screws
> are the clamp.
>     Dale Erwin
>     I have a customer with a studio piano where the
> top of the soundboard has 
>     come unglued from the back frame.It seems to be
> only in the middle of the 
>     soundboard. You can only get to this area from
> the back of the piano. Are 
>     there any good repairs for this? I have heard of
> using screweyes in the back 
>     and running screws through them into the
> soundboard to pull the soundboard 
>     back in place while the glue dries. I have never
> done this and just wondered 
>     if it works? Any information will be helpful.
>        Thanks, Steve Sandstrom
> 



		
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