Decapping bridges with a router

[David Love]

Admittedly, I've not tried to remove a bridge cap as you've described but I
have several in the shop that require that procedure so I think I'll give it
a try.  Varying vintages, a couple of Steinways that are definitely hide
glue and a 1970's Mason Hamlin that I'm not sure what type of glue they
used.  Again, what type of alcohol mixture are you using for this?  

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net 
www.davidlovepianos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of John Delacour
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 1:03 PM
To: Pianotech List
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