On 11/11/2010 1:33 PM, Terry Farrell wrote: > I haven't seen the pictures of this bridge, but one of the nice things > about cost-effective epoxy bridge repairs is that you don't have to > redrill. Terry, this particular one definitely needs redrilling. Let's see if I can copy Barbara's photo ... the top row of bridge pins are breaking out, because the spacing is so bad that the side bearing is excessive. But with something so broken out and lot of epoxy (minus bridge pins) it shouldn't be hard to fill everything, get it roughly level by pressing the splinters back down, let it set up, and redrill it where the pins should be. copy ... paste ... theoretically it should work. If it doesn't, her first post was Nov. 10 with the jpg of the bridge. Susan --------------------------- On her first post, Barbara 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/20101111/8f9ce440/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 006.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 75383 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101111/8f9ce440/attachment-0001.jpg>
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