Knabe Bridge Repair

[Richard Brekne]

Erwinspiano@AOL.COM wrote:

Dale could you expound a bit more on this ? I'm not quite sure I follow
what you mean by strings creeping forward. And I would like to hear more
on this vertical cut. I havent seen a Knabe since...well way before I
moved over here anyways.

Thanks


> I've seen many of these types of configurations and they seem to work.
> I've also seen a vertical cut straight down about 2mm thru the center
> line of the bridge pin holes .The idea being that as the string sinks
> lower into the top over time that the stings won't also creep forward
> which they will over time and tooo much string seating. Because of the
> vertical cut they simply sink lower against the pin but maintain
> termination. On bridges that the notches were cut too shallow on the
> string can actually be damped by ttouching the wood in the notch as it
> creeps forward. Hey time marches on.
>         Also as you sand down the bridge top just remember that the
> farther down you go the less and less your bridge pin side bearing
> will be and  many Knabes didn't have that much to start with.
>
> ........Dale Erwin

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
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