Bridge cap materials

gordon stelter lclgcnp@yahoo.com
Thu, 17 Oct 2002 16:38:56 -0700 (PDT)


Hey! I got an idea! Someone CALL West System and ask
them. That ought to settle it. 
     Thump

--- Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
wrote:
> Hi Mike
> 
> Just what kind of laquer thinner are we talking
> about. I asked the local dealer about what to thin
> West System with and he had no idea.
> 
> Cheers!
> RicB
> 
> Mike and Jane Spalding wrote:
> 
> > In the journal reprint book on bridges and
> soundboards, there is an article by Bill Spurlock
> describing his method for using epoxy on bridgetops.
>  It goes in the holes before driving pins, then is
> spread over the top and the notches.   Lacquer
> thinner is then brushed over the top to remove
> excess resin, and to help the resin penetrate the
> wood.  Article's pretty old, don't know if he's
> still doing it this way.  At the time he said he was
> doing this to every piano he rebuilt, both on the
> original bridge and on replacements/recaps.
> >
> > Mike Spalding RPT
> 
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> UiB, Bergen, Norway
> mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
> http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
> 
> 
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