[pianotech] Bass bridge repair

richarducci at comcast.net richarducci at comcast.net
Thu Dec 29 07:40:47 MST 2011


Mike, pins have not shredded cap, cap not broken off.

Rick Ucci
Uccipiano.com

On Dec 28, 2011, at 8:03 PM, Mike Spalding <mike.spalding1 at frontier.com> wrote:

> 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?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Rick Ucci
>> Uccipiano.com
> 


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