bridge on model 0

[Ron Nossaman]

>Anyone got any bright ideas on how to get a bass bridge off a 1960's model 
>0 - whole soundboard & bridge areas have been "drowned" in lacquer at 
>factory - Hamburg - now buzzes from the bridge big time - have tried all 
>the usual remedies and the only thing left is to take off the bridge and 
>re-set it - have taken out the screws from underneath and broken the 
>"seal" around the bridge and am getting a lot of creaks and movement but 
>cant get the bridge to pop off and you would with an older piano stuck 
>to-gether with hide glue - heaven alone knows what they used on this. I am 
>afraid that it will pull up part of the soundboard if I am too over 
>enthusiastic.


Is it doweled through the ribs? And I'm wondering where a buzz could be 
coming from in a joint you can't get apart. What are all the usual things 
you tried?

Ron N