[pianotech] cutting down a MH bridge

[Dale Erwin]

Did I miss why you want to cut it down /remove mass


Dale Erwin R.P.T.
Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.
 Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos
www.Erwinspiano.com
Phone: 209-577-8397

 
  





-----Original Message-----
From: David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thu, Nov 1, 2012 12:45 pm
Subject: Re: [pianotech] cutting down a MH bridge


Or possibly a router.  I was trying to figure out how to build and position
a guide so as to keep the cut a constant width through the curves without
having to freehand it.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Terry Farrell
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 12:06 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] cutting down a MH bridge

I'll second what Ron said. And if you do go that route, I know a guy in
Florida that makes beautiful laminated bridges.

But if I were going to use the original, then yeah, I'd fire up the bandsaw.
You should be able to saw it pretty smooth freehand. Or you could make some
sort of post on your fence (like a several inch bump - maybe a vertical
board of maple rounded on the end at a right angle to the fence) right at
the blade - that way you would have a guide for constant thickness and yet
it would allow you to change the orientation of the bridge as you go along
the curve. You'd probably have to do the doglegs freehand though.

Let me know if I can help you.

Terry Farrell

On Nov 1, 2012, at 2:18 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:

> On 11/1/2012 12:40 PM, David Love wrote:
>> I'm putting a new board in a MH piano (AA) and considering trimming 
>> that massive 40 mm wide bridge to something more reasonable like 
>> 33mm.  Has anyone ever done that?  What was your method other than 
>> careful band saw and a lot of sanding?
> 
> Make a new one. You'll even get the chance to make a better length
progression across the breaks.
> Ron N
> 


 
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