blown out bridge pin

[ed440 at mindspring.com]

Bill-

There are many ways to do this; wood patches, plugs, epoxy.  Whichever you use, note that if you redrill for a bridge pin you can cheat a little: drill nearly vertical and move the pin over .5mm, and use an extra long pin.  This will get the pin installed with a lot more wood to support it.

Ed Sutton

-----Original Message-----
>From: "William R. Monroe" <pianotech at a440piano.net>
>Sent: May 27, 2006 2:14 PM
>To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: blown out bridge pin
>
>Thanks everyone for your thoughts on this one.  I appreciate the ideas.
>
>Regards,
>William R. Monroe
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