Has anyone considered epoxy with dowells to support the cracked bridge? Even hammer shank dowells could be drilled at a convienent angle to support the epoxy across the crack. I have actually bolted cracked bridges to compress my epoxy joint and privide additional support on cracked bass bridges when I couldn't justify a cap. Blaine Hebert bhebert@compuserve.com Message text written by INTERNET:pianotech@ptg.org > I would consider recapping, but it just doesn't appear to be a reasonable option in someone's living room. Or am I not aware of some great tricks? This piano is in an elderly couple's nice living room. No way am I going to router down the existing cap, clamp on a new cap (I always use go bars in my shop), and rout off the cap edges in this living room. All of this will be double hard with the plate in and all the plain wire strings in. If this job were being done in my shop, it would absolutely be a new cap. But in this living room - I just can't imagine doing that. Have others done such a job in a home with the plate and all the plain wires in? If so, how did you do it, and how long did it take? Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com<
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