Bob, I remember with great fondness, the late Ralph Stilwell, RPT, Yamaha regional consultant, nice guy, with a wonderful sense of humor from Decatur, IL, who showed this method as a reasonably quick solution to a bad situation. I wish I could remember the name of the class--it included a bunch of "what do you do when...." suggestions. He taught the class a number of times, I think at the annual convention, too. Guess it works, hey? ;-) Barbara Richmond, RPT near Peoria, IL ----- Original Message ----- From: itunepiano at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:59 PM Subject: It's a capo bridge.... I tuned this Baldwin Acro Spinet # 414959 today. The bass bridge has a large crack at the front bridge pins. Someone had removed the front pins, and placed a rod under the strings, in place of the front bridge pins. The strings rested 1/2 way up the rear bridge pins with no apparent damage. The tone and sustain were acceptable for this instrument, which was in poor condition to begin with. An alternative bridge repair? To my surprise, the piano was at pitch. Bob. View full size View full size ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080212/0bbf53f9/attachment.html
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