Dan, I confess I don't know what a "wedge" crack is. However, if bridges/caps are out of the question, I've always used epoxy for repair. The most recent was on a grand, the separation following the rear bridge pin line , effecting 2/3 octave, and running off the end of the bridge. The strings didn't buzz, but they didn't tune/sound too good either! For that repair, I used Thermoset 1-0-something (the thinner stuff) from McCalls, trickery involving everything from heat to dental picks to tape & putty dams (end of bridge) to persuade the epoxy where I wanted it to go. There was also some clever clamping involved due to tight quarters, and finally, some good luck. After cleanup, installing pins and dressing out the repair, I couldn't find the original fault line. I wish all of 'em turned out that well. At 08:22 PM 9/8/99 +0000, you wrote: >I'm not picking on anybody, but I've run across four Hamilton studios >dating back a couple of decades or so with wedge cracks throughout the >long bridge, and buzzing strings. None of the four had Dampp-Chaser >systems when I first saw them, although I installed a system in one of >the three, which was in a church. [cut] Jim Harvey, RPT Greenwood, SC harvey@greenwood.net ________________________ -- someone who's been in the field too long.
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