Decapping bridges with a router

[Fenton Murray]

> What age is the piano you have in mind for this procedure? Admittedly I 
> only touch pianos of a certain age but I've never come across one yet 
> where it has not been possible to remove the bridge cap intact using 
> alcohol and a suitable selection of knives and rods. I imagine the same 
> method could be used on a good proportion of later pianos too.
John,
Would you mind describing this procedure with a little more detail, even 
photos.
Thank you,
Fenton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Delacour" <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: Decapping bridges with a router


> At 20:02 -0700 1/8/08, David Love wrote:
>
>>A couple of years ago I saw (or dreamt) a router adaptation to take the
>>bridge cap off...
>
> What age is the piano you have in mind for this procedure? Admittedly I 
> only touch pianos of a certain age but I've never come across one yet 
> where it has not been possible to remove the bridge cap intact using 
> alcohol and a suitable selection of knives and rods. I imagine the same 
> method could be used on a good proportion of later pianos too.
>
> JD
>
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