query reply

[Joe & Penny Goss]

James,
Check for screws holding the bass bridge to the sound board. If there are
no little donuts that the screws go in, the bridge can be removed by
heating the bridge. Did it with an Unger and it takes about an hour to heat
the bridge enough to get a knife started. Baldwin sent me a replacement
bridge. They might have one that would work.
Joe

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> From: James Grebe <pianoman@inlink.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: query reply
> Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 8:19 PM
> 
> Hi Joe,
> This too is a Baldwin console about 1950's.
> James Grebe
> R.P.T. of the P.T.G
> Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups and Practical Piano Peripherals
in
> St. Louis, MO
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe & Penny Goss <imatunr@primenet.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 9:19 PM
> Subject: Re: query
> 
> 
> >Hi James,
> >You do not say how bad the split is. If the bridge is a solid and not a
> >cap, Ruth McCall has an epoxy that works great. Working on a 5 year old
> >Baldwin a few years ago, it's bass bridge was a two piece affair with a
> >base of about 3/4 " and a cap of 1/4 " I ended up having to replace the
> >entire bass bridge after making the Baldwin requested epoxy repair. The
> >bridge pins had separated the cap from the base and upon bringing the
piano
> >up to pitch the sound of the bridge letting go was not what I needed
> >especially since it required making special clamps just for that job. Oh
> >well Baldwin graciously paid for them <G>.
> >Joe Goss
> >
> >----------
> >> From: James Grebe <pianoman@inlink.com>
> >> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >> Subject: query
> >> Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 7:43 PM
> >>
> >> Hi All,
> >> Today I looked at a bad bass bridge.  The upper 1/3 of the bridge pins
> >have
> >> split the wood and opened the wood.  What is the better repair
Fiberglas
> >or
> >> epoxy?
> >> Thanks
> >> James Grebe
> >> R.P.T. of the P.T.G
> >> Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups and Practical Piano
Peripherals
> >in
> >> St. Louis, MO
> >>
> >
>