Bridge over troubled waters

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Ron, Give me a email, your address below does not seem to work.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Overs Pianos" <sec@overspianos.com.au>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: Bridge over troubled waters


> Hi Dale,
> 
> >Although i don not do this job frequently occasionally I find it 
> >advantageous to pull bridge pins in an existing bridge,renotch & 
> >then put in new pins.
> 
> Likewise.
> 
> >  However as many of you may know from doing this that most recently 
> >the current copper supply of bridge pins are just slightly smaller 
> >than the most originals which obviously does not help with getting a 
> >tight fit.
> 
> This can be a problem. We've made our own pins to the required size 
> by getting silver steel centreless ground to the oversize diameter we 
> require, then cutting the pins from the ground lengths of silver 
> steel. But its a slow and costly process. Renner supplies bridge pins 
> in several graduated diameters, but these pins do not have a very 
> high standard of finish. We've been using them to date, but I'm 
> looking for a better quality pin.
> 
> Ron O.
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