[pianotech] Totally glueless

Susan Kline skline at peak.org
Mon Jan 28 18:54:38 MST 2013


Very neat work, Ed.

As the saying goes, one can never be too thin, too rich, or have too 
many clamps.

I suppose if the screws are good enough, the piano could survive most 
situations without glue on
the bass bridge.

Susan

Ed Foote wrote:
> Greetings,
>    Attached is the picture, and most of us know what is going on.  I 
> have, in the past, found numerous bass bridges that had come loose, 
> but that is not what is happening here.  I am gluing the bridge down 
> for the first time.
>    A 1933 Steinway M, upon destringing, had this loose bass bridge, 
> and when I unscrewed it, it fell off.  There was no glue, and never 
> had been glue.  I dampened the surface and a piece of paper wouldn't 
> even stick to it. This is a first for me, and I wonder if anybody else 
> has seen one like this??
> Regards,
>
> Ed Foote RPT
> http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
>
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