Nice backscale lengths on these things. Can you have too much of a good thing? David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ric Brekne Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 11:40 AM To: pianotech Subject: Soundboard rib question That is a thought to be sure. But I think I will be either replacing the entire soundboard or simply re-ribbing the existing panel. I will be removing this soundboard in anycase however. And it will be removed very carefully so as to not damage the glue joint area of either panel or rim. The reason for this is to insure that all the case, rim and beam structures are tight and solid as can be. After Bolducs lecture in Stockholm I got convinced this was a good idea. Heres a couple more pics if you are interested. Cheers RicB Ric- Another thought: this might be a candidate for epoxy treatment of the soundboard, as published in the Journal by Del Fandrich a few years back. The soundboard looks pretty good in the photos (which makes me wonder how much it was compressed in manufacture). I've used the epoxy coat on small early 20th century pianos with reasonable results, especially improved sustain in treble. The soundboard on this piano seems to be looking back toward earlier German/Austrian instruments. Times like this I think of the Christofori in the Metropolitan, which has been called "the world's oldest piano case," since the original soundboard, pinblock and strings were thrown away in a 1930's rebuild. Ed
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