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Final fitting of the soundboard to the piano.
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More dry fitting of the soundboard with bridges now being dry fit and located to the board. Plexiglas patterns are used to locate the bridges. These were made before the initial teardown of the piano.
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Re-installing the plate to check final fit.
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The height of bridge is established by drawing a string to simulate the piano wire. Wedges simulate a loaded soundboard. Witness marks are cut in new bridge cap for reference when planning down new bridge cap.
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Gluing on 2 final ribs in go bar press. These ribs will extend from cut off bar to rim.
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Gluing up soundboard glue surfaces for installation in piano.
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Final installation and glue up of soundboard in piano. With able help from Scott Smith.
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Setting up clamps and blocks with son James checking my work. My wife Rhonda was taking pictures with one hand, a glue rag in the other. It is all hand on deck for this operation.
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Final clamp set up of new soundboard glued in piano.
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Application of new decal (above), an exact reproduction of the old (below) taken before destringing.
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Clamp and glue up of new side molding. To Top
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