> 2.) pegging pins rather than using oversized pins. What is that? Please provide brief explanation. Is that pulling the bridge pin, plugging the hole with a hard maple shoe peg, redrilling, and installing new original sized bridge pin? Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <JIMRPT@AOL.COM> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 9:45 PM Subject: Re: string seating - was bridge caps > Ron...sorry de debil made me do it :-) > > Several years back, possibly as long as ten years ago, I had a series of > rebuilds that all needed new bridges. Since I was going to install new > bridges in each of these thingees (3 pianos) I decided to experiment with > various and sundry methods of: tapping, bending, rubbing, pegging pins, and > using oversized pins. > > What I discovered was, in order of effectiveness: > 1.) rubbing strings down from the speaking length side. > 2.) pegging pins rather than using oversized pins. > 3.) 'gentle' bending on the speaking length side. > 4.) tapping pins from the speaking length side. > 5.) tapping pins from the bridge side. > > When tapping strings down on top of the bridge what I discovered was 'my' > 'tendency' to put a small blip/bend/dinged spot in the wire no matter how > careful I was when tapping. I removed each of the bridge tapped strings, > after trying them for tone improvement, and the blip/bend/dinged spots were > seen as minute kinks in the wire. I used both brass and hard maple dowels > ............... On the harder bridge it was not 'as much' of a problem as it > was on the two softer bridges. Full bridge contact was acheived by > rubbing/pushing down the strings on both sides of the bridge....but there was > 'not' a corresponding improvement in tone quality over and above just rubbing > the front or speaking length. > > Today my string manipulation falls into three categories: > 1.) rubbing strings down from the speaking length side. > 2.) using ca rather than using oversized pins. > 3.) 'gentle' bending on the speaking length side. > > In other words I don't 'tap', or put another way....my shop is a tap free > zone. :-) > Course if tapping works for others who may be more delicate than I than I > have no problem with them doing so. > This better? > Jim Bryant (FL) >
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