Soundboard installation, next topic : the glue

[John Delacour]

At 06:19 -0800 23/1/08, David Love wrote:

>The tradition in Europe is to salvage the soundboard at all costs.  I think
>that's based more on tradition and attitude about maintaining the integrity
>of the original instrument than whether the soundboard is actually
>performing its engineering function in an effective manner or can even with
>extensive repairs...

Be that as it may, I was disputing not the desirability of replacing 
a defunct soundboard, since I agree that most repairs are simply 
cosmetic, but the need to use a soluble glue to do the job.  The 
"next man" is very unlikely to curse if he finds he needs to spend an 
extra half hour scraping off the thin residue of urea-formaldehyde or 
epoxy adhesives off less than a square foot of hardwood.  By all 
means think of the next man the next time you refinish a piano in 
cellulose or polyester or use PVA for the action repairs.  Then he 
will really have some reason to curse!

JD

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