>>I like the idea behind epoxying the pins - no pin upward movement > >If you don't epoxy or CA them in, you'll most likely have the same >false beats you had before you restrung it, because you didn't fix >the original problem. If you do epoxy them in, you won't because you >did. The bridge cap will still move the strings up and *down* the >string some, but not quite as much as before. Strings don't stay up >bridge pins. > >>- but is there no concern with removing them in the future? > >They'll still pull out if you need to. > >>Otherwise, I guess you'd have to seat the bridge pins every tuning, huh? >>Jeff F > >No, because seating strings doesn't fix anything. The strings aren't >up the pins. >Ron N No, I actually meant the pins, not the strings, but I guess them, too. Anyway, I would like to CA glue them in place. Would you drive them in first and then add the glue (trying to not make a mess) or what? And what thickness. Thanks in advance, -- Jeff Farris Piano Technician School of Music UT Austin mailto; jfarris at mail.utexas.edu 512-471-0158
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