>Anyone got any bright ideas on how to get a bass bridge off a 1960's model >0 - whole soundboard & bridge areas have been "drowned" in lacquer at >factory - Hamburg - now buzzes from the bridge big time - have tried all >the usual remedies and the only thing left is to take off the bridge and >re-set it - have taken out the screws from underneath and broken the >"seal" around the bridge and am getting a lot of creaks and movement but >cant get the bridge to pop off and you would with an older piano stuck >to-gether with hide glue - heaven alone knows what they used on this. I am >afraid that it will pull up part of the soundboard if I am too over >enthusiastic. Is it doweled through the ribs? And I'm wondering where a buzz could be coming from in a joint you can't get apart. What are all the usual things you tried? Ron N
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