RE>>Recrowning 5/29/97 Richard, I beg of you not to ever do this; wedging the bridge was a popular fad about forty years ago and is evidently a classic example of getting another go round on the wheel of time. The theory was to cut down to the soundboard vertically under the struts, jack up the board and glue wedges in the saw kerfs. This is intended to increase the curvature of the of the soundboard. I never did it as every instinct rebelled against the idea, and later I encountered three pianos that had had this type or repair.Each one sounded very dead. The fallacy is that the bridges so repaired were now holding the soundboard up instead of the soundboard supporting the bridges. Having been around a long time, I have seen several fads come and then lose their allure, only to be rediscovered. I hope that this one will be cast into limbo forever, where it belongs. Sincerely, Ted_Sambell@banffcentre.ab.ca --------------------------------------
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