Hi William, If my memory serves me correctly, there is little room to work there even with the action out. On the one that I did, the keybed needed to be removed to realy get at things and do a neat job. Used Epoxy, adding as much wood as possible and yet keep the edge of the bridge from buzzing against the plate brace. Used a fingernail file to file excess off. Sort of like dental flossing. That was over 20 years ago and the piano is still in service at my old band room. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr at srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "William R. Monroe" <pianotech at a440piano.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 8:56 PM Subject: blown out bridge pin > Hello Listers, > > Best remedies for the following? > > Acrosonic, bridge pin that terminates the speaking length of f#5 blown out. > By this, I mean that f#5 is the last note in the tenor prior to the break. > The bridge is notched here for the plate strut, and (obviously) either the > notch is too close, or the bridge material was suspect (no cap), or both. > At any rate, the side-bearing of the string cause the pin to explode out the > side of the bridge. > > Any Ideas? > > The plate strut extends down into the bridge enough that it would be > possible to use a wedge to clamp sideways, if that were useful. I'm not > sure. I guess my first thought is to use a chisel, notch out the end of the > bridge, epoxy in a replacement cap, drill and notch. I'd appreciate any > input. > > Thanks, > William R. Monroe > >
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