Hi, last friday a friend lutenist asked me to try fixing a Van der Waals theorbo in which two ribs were disconnected A along some 7-8 cm...this happened on his way to the airport for a concert tour! having no time to ask some advise, I put some masking tape along the two ribs, near the slit, then I managed to put some thin hot glue in the slit and finally I stretched some sellotape across, anchored to the masking tape (to prevent the sellotape to attach the varnish). last night he sent me a message saying that the glue appears to have sealed the disconnection but the masking tape left some trace on the rib finish. I am not sure what finishing had been used. any suggestion on what can be safely used to clean the ribs? thank you in advance Luciano Bernardi
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