Bridge Recap Time

[jolly roger]

>
>How many hours would you bill a client for to remove bass strings (a spinet,
>so about 40+ bass strings) take off old cap, repair bridge root, glue on new
>cap, shape/trim new cap, drill new cap, notch new cap (just one straight
>bevel), install new pins, re-install bass strings, bring up to pitch (do I
>have all major steps?)? (I'll ask this before I tell you how long it took me
>to epoxy - I might be too embarrassed!) Please no responses from bionic
>recappers. Humans only. Thanks  ;-)

Hi Terry, 
             8-10hrs with all the various fiddling around jobs. If the bass
bridge comes off easy, and the job can be done on the bench, you will save
a couple of hrs.
Repairing with epoxy about 3hrs. This includes getting strings off, and
back up to semblence of pitch.
Roger