Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Soundboard Restoration and Repair

This is hard to see, but I have glued a slender shim into a crack in the soundboard. The block on top of the shim are compressed down with strap until the shim dries in place.


The arrows indicate a completed repair.


1 comment:

Dan said...

61428 is getting a new soundboard
not only because of the water damage , the many cracks, but the ribs had all come unglued. The old board is made of Silver Fir,the new of Sitka Spruce,and Dick did many calculations to determine the compatibility of the 2 woods. This would relate to the thickness and degree of edge taper. danfahr@q.com