Work Page 10-25
B&D Montana Silver Bell No.1
Circa 1920's
19 fret tenor, short extension.
Repair Broken Peghead
19 fret tenor, short extension.
Repair Broken Peghead
Clean break, no previous repair.
The less seen short extended fingerboard.
Quality bridge by George Banjos.
As close as can be achieved with this style of break, ready to glue/clamp.
Now for a 48 hr. cure
Overlay is thin from prior refinish
Reinforcement pins will go in at this angle, through tuner hole.
Brushing in the final perloid.
It was a good call to change the head.
5 star head white, non frosted.
Time to tension up. Let us pray... :)
Also it is a Montana in Perloid, not Ivoroid.
After excess glue wiped, pressed tight, ready to clamp.
Some fret wear, previously fretted. Worn markers.
That dark spot is a permanent stain.
Melting perloid with acetone to make a filler for the seam.
After tinting the area, not an eyesore now.
Waxing the perloid.
Letting things settle in.
At pitch for 4 hours, so far so good.
There is splintering internally, some must be removed to press.
Planet's with MOP.
Functional Mute
I got good squish on all areas.
Removing degraded urethane.
All finish removed, backstrap tail will be re-used.
Pressing in with wax paper for release.
Color magic for the peghead/marker paint
All cleaned, ready to assemble.
Neck angle is better now that it is all tight again.
8 hours, still at pitch.
When it is something this structural, I always keep my eye on things for awhile.
It all seemed to go my way but chance favors the prepared mind.
Although I make every effort not to, I am prepared always, to fail.
I would rather end up pleasantly surprised that the "fix" worked.
No 2 are ever alike but some are similar so I go about choosing a method by the condition and style of damage.
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10-25 update
Since I like to always stay true to myself, and to my followers.
When something ends up not going as planned, I like to show the recovery process.
In this case on the BD Montana tenor I just "completed" (ha) I had an issue with the perloid on the peg head reverse, that was 70 percent degraded.
It showed a flaw today as the new nitro finish reacted with its top (perloid) layer and lifted what was already sketchy. I noticed it by a peg hole, it had a chip this morning that came out when I tightened them one last time (Ha). So I stuck a micro chisel in, saw it lift up even more and just popped it off, because I knew it was going to be "other than easy"
So off came the neck, the upper perloid level, leaving the white which is not affected. Took the liberty to add in a larger rebar across the break, an added insurance. So a positive (Yay) in the deal.
Filled with wood flour, sealed, and added a new tail of ebony to lay the new perloid onto. It will be here in a few days and I will show the final (hopefully) results.
This happens everyday to someone in my line of work, you just do not get to see them cover their own tracks. Your welcome! haha
The following pics tell the tale
It all seemed to go my way but chance favors the prepared mind.
Although I make every effort not to, I am prepared always, to fail.
I would rather end up pleasantly surprised that the "fix" worked.
No 2 are ever alike but some are similar so I go about choosing a method by the condition and style of damage.
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10-25 update
Since I like to always stay true to myself, and to my followers.
When something ends up not going as planned, I like to show the recovery process.
In this case on the BD Montana tenor I just "completed" (ha) I had an issue with the perloid on the peg head reverse, that was 70 percent degraded.
It showed a flaw today as the new nitro finish reacted with its top (perloid) layer and lifted what was already sketchy. I noticed it by a peg hole, it had a chip this morning that came out when I tightened them one last time (Ha). So I stuck a micro chisel in, saw it lift up even more and just popped it off, because I knew it was going to be "other than easy"
So off came the neck, the upper perloid level, leaving the white which is not affected. Took the liberty to add in a larger rebar across the break, an added insurance. So a positive (Yay) in the deal.
Filled with wood flour, sealed, and added a new tail of ebony to lay the new perloid onto. It will be here in a few days and I will show the final (hopefully) results.
This happens everyday to someone in my line of work, you just do not get to see them cover their own tracks. Your welcome! haha
The following pics tell the tale
The first show of weakness
Adding a 3rd reinforcement while able.
New ebony tail added.
After seeing it's extent, I finished it off.
1/8" solid brass rod over the break.
Now to order new celluloid.
Down to the white layer.
Bedding it in.
11-1 UPDATE
After I found a found a celluloid that was of the same style pattern (Which was not easy) I ordered it and it arrived on Wed.
Thanks to the Accordion Man, for providing it for me.
After I unrolled it, I heated it and put weight on to make it flat.
Then I cut it to rough profile and glued it on.
I then opened up the peg holes and profiled the outside.
After taking of what finish I needed to, I began to re-apply the tint coats over that area of repair.
This was an excellent match, I needed that luck.
3 hrs of profiling later, worked out well.
Flattened and ready to cut t rough shape.
Beginning to re-add the tint coats.
New .010" white tail added.
The FINAL ASSEMBLY
(We hope)
OK, after the touch up on the area I re-worked is completed and the banjo has been setup.
It is back to settling in, and the patina of the new tint still matches the way it looked before the damage.
I will check it over a day or two then send it home.
If you made it this far,
Thanks for following along and sharing,
VM
(We hope)
OK, after the touch up on the area I re-worked is completed and the banjo has been setup.
It is back to settling in, and the patina of the new tint still matches the way it looked before the damage.
I will check it over a day or two then send it home.
If you made it this far,
Thanks for following along and sharing,
VM
Frets sealed, dressed polished, 2 replaced.
