--On Tuesday, April 6, 2004 9:38 AM -0400 Ed Sutton <ed440@mindspring.com> wrote: > How much wood are you removing? I think this would be very slight. When > I resurface a bridge I want the string grooves to still show very > slightly because I believe the compressed wood is more stable than new > wood. (Sometimes the string groove barely disappears in the middle of the > cap.) Because the old groove has already been compressed, and also > because I epoxy the new pins, in the style of Bill Spurlock's articles, I > believe my resurfaced bridge top is more stable than a new bridge top. > > Ed Sutton Ed, Like you, I remove the bare minimum of wood, leaving a trace of the grooves. But I also take care to remove enough wood from the middle of the bridge so that there is a flat surface between front and back, and use a straight edge to see that this is the case. I'm thinking maybe I don't need to be _quite_ so meticulous about that, assuming adequate bearing. We're talking thousandths of an inch here (1 to 5, say), nothing dramatic. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC