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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130128/3f6974d9/attachment-0001.htm>
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