Overnight Bridge Repair

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Bill,
Do The wobblies extend down under the bass strings? If you can reach the
bridge pins without spilling CA on them, that is the way you could go. Apply
thinnest with the piano at pitch, and on a 45% tilt.  Apply just above the
bridge pin so that it will run down onto the bridge. Then reapply a second
pass being careful not to let the glue run too far.
One other thing you might check is the bridge notching. If it is not
parallel to the pressure bar and you have unequal string lengths,
You will get the same sound as loose pins.
Love those wobbly knees.
"You know you are on the level if your bubble is in the middle".
Over 1000 techs are on the level!
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@pop.vermontel.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 9:46 PM
Subject: Overnight Bridge Repair


> Dear List,
>
> I've got a big piano (no, another one) with very wobbly notes on
> either side of the mid-treble break. Wobbly in sound and in pitch
> stability. The common description would be false beats, but also low
> sustain. The whole board is great, and I'm confident that that if
> both terminations are solid, that region will be too.
>
> If the worse case scenario happened, and the bridge pins needed to be
> reinforced with epoxy, could the entire repair be done in 24 hours? I
> don't think so. Count the steps: slack and clear strings away, pull
> old bridge pines, test new pin size, size hole with epoxy, drive and
> finish pins pins, cure resin, restring through stable. I don't think
> so.
>
> I already have a long list of things that I've checked. But others
> might like the list.
>
> Bill Ballard RPT
> NH Chapter, P.T.G.
>
> "If ducks were smart enough and well-built enough, they'd be shooting
> at us. It's not my fault they can't aim and shoot."
>      ...........Talk Show host Rush Lamebaugh, explaining why duck
> hunting is a sport, 1/12/98
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