Filling fingernail gouges on fallboard

[Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner]

Also quick and dirty, black finger-nail polish. It has a certain amount of
body to fill the gouge, and dries shiny.
Bruce Browning
The Piano Tuner.


> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
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> Of Paul T Williams
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:11 PM
> To: Pianotech List; caut at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Filling fingernail gouges on fallboard
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> Ed,
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> That sounds like a plan.  Here's an interesting one.  A Wurlitzer upright,
> epoxy finish that has a HUGE piece missing from the left cheek.  It's
> probably 8-9 inches long with all veneer, finish, etc gone, just the
> plywood
> showing on the curve from just where it starts at the music-desk area to
> around the curve down to the key-slip.....ie  two curves.
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> How does one fix this one?????  It's a real yucky piano, and in a practice
> room, so I'm not too concerned.  It would be nice to fix it up some
> though.....  A great practice project... As Richard West always tells
> me...
> "There's another reason they call them practice rooms!! "
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> Thanks in advance!
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> Paul T. Williams RPT
> Piano Technician
> School of Music
> 5 Westbrook Bldg.
> University of Nebraska
> Lincoln NE  68588
> pwilliams4 at unl.edu
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