Bridge pin buzz

[Jon Page]

You could route off the top of the bass bridge and make a new cap. A piece 
of plywood can be fashioned to act as a platform for the router to
glide upon by cutting out the middle section for the bit to protrude 
through. Remove enough bridge depth considering the thickness of your capping
material.  An easy way to determine this once some material has been 
removed is to run a thread from the agraffe to a quarter resting on the plate.
This will establish a plane for adequate downbearing, calculations can be 
made from there.

The pin holes would be determined be stretching a thread from the agraffe 
hole to the hitch pin and marking this line on the bridge cap.
Establish a pin line, center punch the marks and drill.  I don't trust a 
template made off the old holes, they might have been improperly
located in the first place and caused the problem.

This is a case where the store was penny wise and pound foolish. The piano 
has a lowered value because of the bridge's condition.
not to mentiion the quality of pianos being displayed.

At 11:07 PM 8/7/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>  Gentlemen:
>     I have a similar problem with a Scheidmeyer 6' grand we have for
>sale at the store where I am employed..  It has a terrible buzz in the
>bass.  The bridges are in need of new caps, as the old ones are
>questionable (nailed down to the bridges).  The store had it restrung
>recently.  The stagger across the bridge on the bass (and also the long
>bridge) is very minimal.  There are cracks all over the caps, but the
>pins are not loose, seems they may have been glued.