bridge repair advice

[Farrell]

I would always prefer a new bridge to one stuck together with epoxy. BUT, I
find grinding the bridge top down for a new cap difficult with the plate in.
How do you do this - especially in someone's home? Because of these
difficulties, I would probably elect the epoxy solution in this situation.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: bridge repair advice


> Hi Tom,
> My preference with a bass bridge, is to make a new one.
> With the time involved, waiting for the epoxy to cure.
> You can correct, spacing and bearing. The end result is much better.
> Regards,
>
> John M. Ross
> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Tvak@AOL.COM>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 11:34 AM
> Subject: bridge repair advice
>
>
> > Next week I'm going to attempt to repair a cracked bass bridge by gluing
> it
> > back together.  Never having done this before, I'm hoping for some
advice
> > from those of you who have tried this before.  The bridge, on a 1935
> Monarch
> > upright, is cracked and separated along the bridge pins.  I plan to
> separate
> > fully the loose piece, remove the bridge pins, epoxy and clamp the
bridge
> > together, and re-insert the bridge pins before the glue sets.
> >
> > Any comments or advice would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Tom Sivak
> >
> > P.S.
> > This is kind of a no lose situation, in that the cost of replacing the
> bridge
> > is prohibitive to the owner.  (I got estimates from 2 RPTs who
encouraged
> me
> > to try gluing the bridge myself.) They got the piano for free; no
pianists
> in
> > the house;  oldest child is 5, so the piano hopefully was to be used for
> > beginning piano lessons in a couple of years.  So if the repair doesn't
> work,
> > not much is at stake.  It's a good situation for me to venture into the
> > unknown.
> >
>
>