Overnight Bridge Repair

[Farrell]

> 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?

No. (Or at least not by me!)

I have always used original bridge pin sizes and had very good luck with outcome.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@pop.vermontel.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 11:46 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
> +++++++++++++++++++++