Nick
Gravagne's Soundboard Manual Main Headings
Section
I -- Soundboard Removal
- Bridge
location techniques, tools, and shop-made
gages
- Trim
pieces, plate dowel removal, damper guide rail location
- Removing
the soundboard
1) Ramming the board out
2) Sawing the board out
- Poster
board or plastic sheet pattern making
- Plans
for building a crate
- Crating
the shipping the old board
- Prepping
inner rim for new soundboard
- Rim
bevel
1) Checking the bevel
2) Tools and techniques for introducing or increasing the
bevel
3) Pertinent bevel angle numbers
Section
II -- Soundboard Installation
- Uncrating
and drying the new soundboard
1) make a quick hot box
2) using your crate as a drying chamber
- Fitting
the new board
1) Tools required to trim board edges
2) The ideal fit vs. the workable fit
- Working
time and humidity
- Fitting
the ribs to the notches
- Complete
dry-fit
1) Clamps, simple press blocks and cauls required
2) Clamping sequence
- Glues
- Trim
pieces
- Price
List
Many
helpful drawings included throughout the book
Book
contains 47 pages of standard 8.5" x 11" sheets of
single-spaced text.
And for your convenience, all pages are triple-hole punched for
easy insertion
into a three ring binder.
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