"...most of them are fine after 100 years..." Well, yeah. I mean everything is relative. I just serviced a 1950 Betsy Ross spinet today that needs some repair. I recommended to the owner to replace the piano rather than putting money into it. They chose to do the repairs - because otherwise, the piano is just "fine". > As to the difficulty of removal, it makes no difference unless you > intend to remove the old board with every fibre intact and keep it in > a museum as an example of a soundboard that failed. Don't need a museum for soundboards that have failed. There is a world full of them actively being used every day. And getting the soundboard out likely wouldn't be all that difficult with an epoxy joint. But were you run into a difficult task is when you try to clean the rim. You'd be forced to cut a new surface for the soundboard. I'm not aware of any easy way to do that - certainly not as easy as simply using a more removal-friendly glue in the first place. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Delacour" <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk> > At 20:01 -0500 21/1/08, Farrell wrote: > >>Ahh! No!..., Ahhhhhh!!!!!! Nooooooooo!!!!!!! Say it ain't so!... >>please have some mercy on the next guy to put a board in that piano >>down the road! >>...The last two are for sure, as well as they are resistant to removal! >> >>That just ain't right! > > Well, where you are you seem to replace soundboards as though they > were sparking-plugs. Quite why I can't tell. A soundboard over here > is most unlikely to be replaced even after 100 years and most of them > are fine after 100 years if the pianos have any worth. > > As to the difficulty of removal, it makes no difference unless you > intend to remove the old board with every fibre intact and keep it in > a museum as an example of a soundboard that failed. > > JD > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080122/4492f9fb/attachment-0001.html
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