[pianotech] green piano with bass bridge problem

[Dean May]

HI Ron
 
Closet CA user here for bridge repairs. Since you came out of the closet I'm
brave enough to own up to it. 
 
For a better piano, epoxy by Terry Farrell's protocol is certainly the way
to go. But for that POS? Push pins in place, squirt thin CA, follow iwth
thick, hit with accelerator, and yer done. I probably wouldn't even pull the
strings first. Just lower tension 1/4 turn first when tuning and they'll
break free of bridge (you'll hear it).
 
Pins won't buzz, it'll stop their migration, and that's about all you need
for a customer so budget conscious that they are trying to make a piano out
of this piece of crap.
 

Dean

Dean W May                (812) 235-5272

PianoRebuilders.com    (888) DEAN-MAY

Terre Haute IN 47802

 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Koval
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 11:35 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] green piano with bass bridge problem


Am I the lone CA bridge repairer?  

I like to use the "gorilla glue" CA, after using some thin to penetrate the
wood fibers.  (Bob Smith's rubberized is pretty good too, if you don't mind 
a black glue line)

Having some thin in there will pull the honey-thick CA in deeper.

Yours looks bad enough to tip back - then either do a section at a time, or
just a few notes at a time.  A little accelerator speeds up the job - 
lets you get to tuning quicker.

Ron Koval
chicagoland




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