False Beats

[Clyde Hollinger]

Ron,

You read my mind, I think, when you said you don't think this qualifies as a
quickie field repair.  That's why I wondered if the strings had to be removed
first  from the area of the bridge being cyanoacrylated.

Like many others, I assume, I have some clients with these little inexpensive
pianos loaded with false beats.  I really suspected the strings would have to be
moved aside first (that appears to be what everyone is saying), but the necessity
of doing so makes the job a bigger one, not likely to be accepted by piano owners
who probably don't hear the falseness anyway.  When messing with termination
points, I pretty well want a guarantee that what I do will make things better, or
at least not make them worse.

Not having a shop with several pianos to experiment on is definitely a drawback.

Regards,
Clyde


> >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
>
> I doubt it's possible to glue steel to wood with CA and get an unbreakable
> bond. CA is, after all, brittle when cured. As someone usually points out
> when a question like this comes up - try it for yourself in the shop with
> some scrap, so the resulting bodies are more easily disposed of. I've CA'd
> a lot of bridge pins, but never with the string on. It doesn't take much
> junk of any sort at the string termination to change the overall sound and
> sustain. Because of this potential for trading one curse for another, I
> don't think this qualifies as a quicky field repair. It's a shame too.
> There are plenty of times I could use some magic that I don't have.
>
> Ron N