New long bridge installation in piano

[Britt West]

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> List,
> 	I recently ran into a situation with a 6 yr old Bergman TG-150 grand. 
>  As the pastor unlocked the church door to let me in he was telling me 
> how the Lord blessed him with this piano several years ago.  The first 
> thing I see is broken bass strings hanging all out of the piano still 
> attached at one end or the other.  Six were broken in all.  Out here 
> in rural Georgia these "snake handlers" regularly flog the piano for 
> Jesus so the broken strings were no surprise.  What was surprising was 
> the huge gaping split in the extreme treble section of the bridge.  It 
> was split all the way down to the soundboard, cap and root.  If the 
> strings were removed you could stick your finger in the crack.  	As 
> the piano was under 10 yrs old I contacted Young Chang to see about a 
> warranty repair or replacement of the piano.  They asked me to submit 
> an estimate for repair and they would send me a new long bridge.  Can 
> you glue a bridge onto a soundboard in the piano?  Can you remove an 
> old bridge from a soundboard that you will be reusing?  Should a 
> proper repair also include installing a new board with bridge 
> attached?  Any information and or opinions would be greatly 
> appreciated.  I am in the process of tooling up for board replacement 
> in my shop but have not yet done one.  I have a Conover 66 that I will 
> be installing one in after taking Andre Bolduc's class this year at 
> the Annual PTG conference.  I do not have a large go-bar set up.
> 	Thanks for any help you may be able to offer,
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> 	Britt West
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