<grin> I fixed one much worse than that, Barbara, and it turned out fine. Even sounded good. It's in my article "Bridge Confessions", Feb. 1998. Tons of epoxy, I used a slat against the lower edge along the whole bass bridge. At first I intended to just use the slat to clamp against, pulling together a massive split through the lower bridge pins (which I removed.) But when I went to do it, I realized that the bridge was way too skinny besides being split. I just epoxied the slat to the bridge. Once it was set up, I made string lines, and put the bridge pins wherever I found solid wood, on the line which would produce accurate side-bearing. (The bridge had split because of hugely excessive side-bearing for the bottom pins, plus they were angled so that they hardly had any wood supporting them.) Thanks for the memories -- enjoy your repair, this kind of thing can be a lot of fun. If you can't find the article, let me know and I'll mail you a photocopy of it. Susan Kline On 11/10/2010 12:50 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote: > > Ah, another sob story. This splendid Betsy Lynn spinet made by the > "Grand" Piano Co, was donated to a church. maybe it's the St. > Patrick's Day model. As usual, it has a problem--this time the bass > bridge. Now I know these pianos are crud, but the music director was > excited to have another piano around so two-piano music can be > performed. (ahem--whew) So, I want to make this playable (I use the > term loosely) for the least amount of money. The bridge is pretty > bad--I figure I can use epoxy--any other options? I thought about the > quick & dirty drill rod repair that I saw Ralph Stilwell demonstrate > eons ago, but because it was eons ago, I can't quite remember the > details. Anyone? > > Thanks, > > Barbara Richmond, RPT > near Peoria, Illinois -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101110/b64af6a8/attachment.htm>
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