Bridge Repairs ?

[jolly roger]

Bless you my son, go sin no more.   You are absolved.  Go in peace.


>OK. It's confession time.
>
>I have used them. Twice. Both times it was on an old upright just next to
>the brace that cuts through the tenor/treble bridge and there was simply no
>room--i.e., not enough wood--for the pins to hold. They had badly split the
>bridge on both sides of the plate brace. It would not have done any good to
>put fresh wood in there, it simply would have split again. So, I took out
>the six pins on each side of the brace, repaired the assorted cracks,
>plugged the pin holes and carefully chiseled down the bridge cap by the
>thickness of the (whatever those devices are called), drilled the two
>appropriate holes and epoxied those little suckers in place. To the best of
>my knowledge they are still holding after, lo, these many years.
>
>Freshly repaired and reinforced flame suit on and zipped up...
>
>Del
>