Old Erard

[David Boyce]

Hi folks,

I've mentioned on here before, an old Erard I tune. As you can see from the 
pics and the number, the design lagged well behind the technical 
developments of its time.

Three or four tuning pins are quite loose now. As the coils are close to the 
block, there is limited scope for judicious and supported hammering further 
in.  I'm therfore thinking the three or four loose pins would be good 
candidates for CA treatment - a "minimal interference" approach.  Do you 
concur?

Also, I'm going to clean the soundboard, which should not be too arduous as 
it's straight strung.  What might I use to touch up and disguise the 
scratches on the soundboard?  Would the original soundboard finish be hard 
white varnish, or french polish?  I will opf course point out most carefully 
the existence of the scratches before starting the cleaning!

I will send the pics in more than one email as I think the file size would 
be too big.

Best regards,

David.
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