unglued soundboard

[Will Wickham]

Experience?

will wickham

On Jan 9, 2006, at 1:47 PM, Wayne Walker wrote:
>
> Do not put to much air in the tube or it may explode. Very noisy in a 
> big
> empty church with the action out of the piano.
>
> Wayne Walker
> Piano Tuner & Technician
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Will Wickham [mailto:wwickham@stny.rr.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 12:53 PM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Re: (no subject)
>
>
> Yes it does!
>
> I have seen several 40-60 year old spinets and consoles with this
> problem. I've found that the best way to get glue in the joint is to
> put the piano on the end that is involved - upside down on moving
> blankets when it's the top of the board - so that I get a gravity
> assist with the glue. The spacing of the screw eyes varies depending on
> the layout of the posts and the length of the separation. Once the eyes
> are in and the glue is in place, several thick rubber bands provide
> enough pull to hold the board in place while the glue dries up.
>
> Good luck!
> will wickham
>
>
> On Jan 8, 2006, at 7:35 AM, Steven Sandstrom wrote:
>>  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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