bass bridge

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Ed,
Forgot to mention, in clamping the bridge in gluing you should not plan on
using the bass strings to hold the bridge in place with the down pressure
of the strings.
Putting tension on the strings will move the bridge as the strings are
pulled tight.
If the bridge is in a convenient place you can use shore go-go bars to hold
the bridge by clamping a 2 x 4 across the kick board opening and using the
bars against it and the bridge
Joe Goss

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> From: Ed Carwithen <musicman@eoni.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: bass bridge
> Date: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 4:44 PM
> 
> I have an old upright with a bass bridge that has a sort of supporting
> structure underneath the bridge.  This supporting part has separated, and
I
> am to work on it this coming saturday.  
> 
> If I take the bass strings loose so as to free the underlying bass
bridge,
> will the frame be put at jeopardy for cracking?
> 
> Should I loosen all strings before taking the bass strings loose?
> 
> I have worked on this piano several times for tuning, but the separated
> bass bridge support causes a bad vibration in the A2 - D3 section of the
> piano.  Something has to be done, but I don't want to make a bad
situation
> worse.
> 
> Thanks for your input...
> 
> Ed Carwithen
> John Day, OR
> 
> 
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