Kent - While in your response to the quoted post from Ron, below, you seemed to confirm that this piano was restrung, you did not state so in any of your previous posts. In fact, you offered very little by way of vital stats. The serial number puts it at 1978 -79. If this is not original factory work, do you know what was done, when, and by whom? Also, exactly how many separate episodes of bridge deterioration did you observe? I'm not sure what Ron means by the angle "self-correcting" unless he is alluding to the rear pin's inevitable migration westward, as the bridge splits become more pronounced. Wouldn't epoxy address the present conditions? David Skolnik At 07:32 PM 9/21/2005 -0500, you wrote: >>But looking at a few more decades, >>this bridge isn't going to last as long one that was done properly, >>will it? >>Kent > >Kent, >The bridge will probably be OK, especially as that angle self corrects, >but the net side bearing is what I'd be concerned about. The strings are >trying to pull the bridge left. I'd be looking for concave crown and a >killer killer octave pretty quickly, maybe as soon as a couple of months >if the climate control lets the RH get below 35%. > >Did the restring include lowering the plate? > >Ron N >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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