I wouldn't feel like you have to give a quarantee. When you sell this kind of a job, let them know this is the least expensive way to repair the problem. A new bridge would be the best and with that job you would be willing to give a quarantee. If you don't do bass bridges, you can send it out to numerouse folks who will do the job for you. You just have to glue it back on. David I. -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Clarks11628@AOL.COM Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 5:40 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Bridge Repair List, Has anyone out there had experience with CA Glue and Bass Bridge repair that goes back several years? I just finished my second one, and I would like to know the advisability of giving a guarantee, How long, in your experiences do these repairs last? The other "tech" that looked at it wanted to put in those bridge repair "thingees", which my father once told me just weren't satisfactory. My procedure was: put the piano on its back, remove the 6 or 7 bichord strings, straighten the bridge pins to the proper position, apply 1 coat of water thin glue, clamp the bridge tightly, apply four or five more coats of glue, until it was apparent that the holes and cracks were well filled with graduating thicknesses of CA. I then waited two days for the glue to cure without accelerator, put the strings on and pulled to pitch. Any advice, insight on the lasting power of this, Etc? Clark Sprague Detroit Chapter
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