[pianotech] Bass bridge repair

[Mike Spalding]

Rick,

Depends.  If the cap still has enough integrity that the screw has 
something to hang onto, maybe.  If the bridge pins haven't shredded the 
cap by not moving with the cap, maybe.  Is the section of cap that moved 
broken off from the rest of the cap, or did the cap warp/flex in order 
to allow one end of it to move while the remainder did not?  Depending 
on the amount of damage to the cap, you may have better results with 
epoxy than with CA.  And plan on tilting the piano so you're working on 
the level and in the light.

Mike

On 12/28/2011 6:06 PM, richarducci at comcast.net wrote:
> List, I have an Acrosonic with a shifted
> Bridge cap , moving downward at the beginning of the bass section.
>
> Is it possible to loosen bass strings leaving them on hitch pins, and tap the cap back in place, ca glue it and place a screw at the end down into the root?
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> Rick Ucci
> Uccipiano.com