Bare Bridge

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Gina:

You have brought up a good question. I suspect that the reason bridges
are coated with something is to make it easier to see exactly where the
bridge notching goes. I have seen bridges with a green coating, I have seen
bridges with a black lacquer coating, I have seen bridges with a dag 
coating, and I have seen bridges with a burnished graphic coating. I have
have also as you have seen bridges with transparent coating and sometimes
no coating.

Jim Coleman, Sr.



On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, ginacarter wrote:

> All,
> 
> Today I tuned an August Forster, 6 month old grand, model 170 (5"7"). Nice
> piano, nice tone, nothing unusual except..tada..a bare bridge, no graphite,
> no kind of lubrication that I could see. Beautiful piece of wood, startling
> in contrast to what I usually see on bridges. This piano tuned up very
> nicely and easily. My question is do any of you know if there is a
> lubricant, obviously invisible,  on the bridge. And if there isn't, then why
> do most other manufacturers put something there?
> 
> Gina
> 
> Gina Carter
> Charlotte NC
> 
> 
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