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Making a New Bottom Board for an Upright Piano
By David Vanderhoofven

Greetings!  Rod Sprattling wrote about needing to make a new bottom
board for an upright piano that had water damage.

I was called upon to repair an old upright piano that had a large crack
in the bottom board (the board to which the pedals and trapwork are
attached).  The bottom board was badly damaged, and needed to be
replaced.

I thought it would be useful to have a step-by-step list of procedures
to follow when I need to do this repair.  This information may be
useful to you as well.

Attached is a repost of a message that I originally sent to the PTG
email list called Pianotech on October 16, 2001.  I hope that this
information is helpful to you.

Sincerely,
David Vanderhoofven
Registered Piano Technician, Kansas City Chapter PTG
Joplin, MO

 [ Thanks for sharing your experience with us, David.  I'll place
 [ the article at the MMD Tech site, http://mmd.foxtail.com/Tech/
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Wed 4 Jun 2003, 04:41:33 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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