---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Okey Dokey! This makes more sense. I thought I was reading that this was done without removing the plate, as in bass bridge only. Thanks Ron! Greg At 12:28 AM 12/17/2002, you wrote: >>Folks, >> I've never done this procedure but I have a question. When >> planning and re notching the bass bridge you could be removing a >> significant amount of material. What does this do to the downbearing >> measurements? Is this a significant area of concern? .... o.k. 2 questions. >> >>Greg Newell > > >The shorter the back scale, the more significant any given shortening of >the bridge is. Now consider what you're planing the bridge top down to. >Maybe the bottom (or even not quite the bottom ) of the string grooves, >where the strings were already sitting before you removed them? And this >lessens the bearing how much? > >Right. Now consider that you will be re-setting the bearing anyway, with >plate height and/or aliquot grinding or shimming, because the piano is XXX >years old, and lack of bearing is likely one of the reasons you're >stringing it in the first place. > >So you'll have to deal with it in any case. Just don't plane off >unnecessary amounts of bridge cap and you won't change it much - if at all. > >Ron N > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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