[pianotech] Worst Bass/Tenor Crossover in Universe

[Terry Farrell]

On Jan 10, 2013, at 4:51 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:

> On 1/10/2013 3:30 PM, Terry Farrell wrote:
> 
>> I don't think painting West System epoxy on a bridge body is going to "tightly link the pins to the cap".
> 
> Actually, it should do exactly that, especially with a little heat to get the epoxy to suck down around the pins some.

I guess I was thinking more of a new cap.

>> Putting epoxy in the bridge pin holes and coating the base of the bridge pin with epoxy will help.
> 
> There's almost no benefit to getting epoxy in the bottom of the hole if the bridge is already (or still) reasonably solid. The termination and need for solidity is at the surface of the cap.

Agreed. My take on the original post about painting a bridge with epoxy to bond/link the pins to the cap was just that. I'm suggesting that if you are repinning an old bridge or pinning a new bridge it is better to get some epoxy into the hole - not so much to bond the base of the pin to the base of the hole, but rather to get some epoxy up at the top of the hole and bond the pin to the top area of the hole.

Terry Farrell