Bridge Notching & Pinning

[Farrell]

It would be kinda hard to have someone else build a bridge for you, at least when you are rescaling the instrument like I had had done. You need to lay out the bridge in the piano to get the proper bridge shape. Then you need to space everything evenly, etc. I think sending something out would only be done if one were simply duplicating the original.

Terry Farrell
  
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Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 10:24 PM
Subject: RE: Bridge Notching & Pinning


> Related question:
> 
> I would think for someone who does not run a serious rebuilding shop and
> business--and preferably have learned such a craft with an artisan-level
> tutor--you'd never get terribly proficient at this and it would take a long
> time each time.
> 
> If you have a third party build the bridge for you, how does the
> cost-benefit ratio go?
> 
> Besides my dentist, who does really nice and reliable bridge work?
> 
> Alan Barnard
> Know My Limits in Salem, MO
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
> Behalf Of Farrell
> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 9:13 PM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Bridge Notching & Pinning
> 
> 
> Today I have a newfound respect for the talented artisans who so neatly and
> accurately notch & pin bridges on nice new & well-rebuilt pianos. I just
> finished notching and pinning my first bridge that I built from scratch.
> GOOD GRIEF! It is clear to me that a cosmetically neat job is truly an art.
> It is not easy at all to do this job neatly. I stare at the old bridge and I
> look at mine, and it is frighteningly clear that whoever did that old bridge
> had likely done 4,397 bridge prior to the one that was in my piano! I think
> mine will function quite well, if not win any awards for appearance. That's
> about all. Just wanted to say WOW! And I be humbled.
> 
> Terry Farrell
> 
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