Hello plugin,

i would glue the piece as it is, i wouldnt go religious about it.

There is a method I used to make parts curved like on profiles.

You hold the part over stream of steam, like from cattle of boiling water.

If you hold a piece of wood over the steam it curves into a bowl.

Be careful! Safety first! eye protection!

I would try it first on non important parts!

It helps BUT then the wood tends to return to be curved so I did it twice.
Then expand about 5% - 10% in length, after a day or two it returns back near it original length.

May be to hold it third time on low steam to release stress.

It’s a method of artists, wood workers, carpenters used 70-80 years ago, they curved 2 cm thick hard wood into 15 cm radius….

Good luck.