I spent WAY too much time today on an old Yamaha spinet getting center pins back in flanges or re pinning so the action would sort of work (don't have a clue what the key front weights are though), when I stopped to stretch and got a look at the treble bridge. It's just like that Baldwin bridge with the cap being half the bridge height with the grain at a high angle to that of the root. Another compression crowned bridge. Interesting tidbits in unexpected places. Another memorable little adrenalin generator from this same piano. As I lifted the action out to be able to get to the flanges, I was just about to set it on the bench when it dropped the last six inches, leaving me with the carefully chosen secure handle/hoist point in my hand. The hammer rail came off! I'm just glad it waited until it was almost down on the bench, so nothing was broken (except the silence). It could have happened at the height of it's trajectory as I lifted it out. At least this way, the resultant noise didn't involve high amplitude cursing. That's what sleeping on the job gets me. I got lucky. Ron N
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