split bridge

[Ron & Lorene Shiflet]

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  From: John Ross=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 7:32 PM
  Subject: Re: split bridge


  Did you predrill the holes for the screws?
  John M. Ross
  Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
  jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
    ----- Original Message -----=20
    From: Ron & Lorene Shiflet=20
    To: Piano-Tech=20
    Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 10:33 PM
    Subject: split bridge


    List,=20
            I got the piano finished.  Sounds great.  The slowest curing =
epoxy In could get was a 45 minute set.  I mixed it well and goobed the =
bridge.  As I tried to screw down the bridge top, It kept splitting.  =
Too dry out here right now.  Then the glue started setting up in 20 =
minutes instead of 45 minutes.  We were desperate.  The piano was on a =
tilt truck. =20
        We ran a pipe clamp from side to side.  We stacked 2x4 blocks on =
the bridge to build it up.  Then we used a grand piano pinblock support =
to crank pressure from the pipe clamp to the 2x4's and the bridge.  We =
did mange to get enough pressure to hold it.  It dried in place.  We =
never did use screws or dowels.  We put the strings back and pulled them =
up.  It tunes quite well and the tone is great.

    Ron


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