False Beats

[Clyde Hollinger]

I'd like to try CA on some bridge pins where there are obvious false beats, but
I still have a question regarding its use.  Is there a danger of gluing the
strings to the bridge cap?  Is it possible to end up with a glob at the
termination point, even using the water-thin glue, that will negatively affect
the tone?  Is there anything in this glue that over years could cause the
string to rust?

Regards,
Clyde Hollinger, RPT
Lititz, PA, USA

Richard Brekne wrote:

> Hi List.. wanted to open up this again for a few comments.. I just tried CA
> for the first time on some pianos I have laying around that have quite a
> bit of falsness. I was quite surprised with the results really, even bridge
> pins that showed no evidence (visually) of loosness were quite improved by
> the application on just the top bridge pin. The quality of sound
> improvement varied a bit. On a Petrof the sound was much improved becoming
> quite round and solid sounding. On a Nordiska the change in sound quality
> was a bit different.. I'd have to say it improved substantially, but there
> seemed to be a bit of a deadening quality. Perhaps elimination of these
> kinds of falsebeats somehow effects sustain ??? Not sure how quite to
> describe it.