@russ   Thanks Russ, I’ll keep tbe binding option open. It would probably be less prone to damage with binding on it too.

Glued the back on yesterday, I thought my 6 metre rubber strip was too short but Mark said it should be enough, and of course he was right, I just needed to stretch it further. I trimmed and sanded the…   Read more»

@darrenking  I think the split 3mm from joint line was a weakness, but once I’d cut that out and rejoined it, the board was sound. The split that I’ve repaired since then was caused by my own clumsiness. I thought…   Read more»

@russ  Those little diamonds are a very common way to support the crack but I’ve just recently heard about the use of Japanese paper, pasted along the inside of the crack. It tends to be used in the restoration of…   Read more»

I shaped the soundboard seam diamonds today and glued them in. I also put them along the repaired crack in the soundboard, it might affect the sound qualities, but I doubt if I’ll notice it.