Dear List, I'm attaching a photo of the lower end of the tenor bridge on a Wurlitzer spinet. The first two notes (lowest) sound pretty bad in comparison to the rest of the piano. Sort of nasal, and short on sustain. The customer asked me before I began tuning if I thought they were out of tune. They were in fact in pretty darn good intonation and the unisons were good, but the notes had that nasal sound. Upon inspection I can see some cracks starting at the bridge itself, but you can also see a crack in the "apron" sort-of piece just above the lowest part of that tenor bridge. I'm wondering if that crack inhibits transfer of vibration to a more flexible part of the soundboard that would enhance sustain, and if I could repair it and improve the sound by filling that crack with either epoxy or a variety of CA glue - maybe a gel type. Your opinions and insights would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, John Dorr Helena, MT -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061130/d7e811a6/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Burzynski Bridge 3.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 352820 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061130/d7e811a6/attachment-0001.jpg
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