Dealing with Bridge Damage

[ed440 at mindspring.com]

The DampChaser undercover would help a lot in a situation like this.
ES

-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew and Rebeca Anderson <anrebe at sbcglobal.net>
>Sent: Apr 26, 2006 4:42 PM
>To: joegarrett at earthlink.net, Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: Dealing with Bridge Damage
>
>Thanks, Everyone, for your thoughtful comments.
>The piano is kept in a semi-coastal climate (~150 miles away) with 
>relative humidity hovering in the sixties and seventies for most of 
>the year.  We had a brief bout of 35% Rh this winter when it became 
>apparent that a lot of bridge pins were loose enough to cause buzzing 
>and beating.  That cleared up nicely but I still had the visible 
>bridge damage around persistently beating strings to deal with.
>There is a compression-ridge/cupped-board in the sound-board with 
>crumbled lacquer at the seem.  Considering the humidity readings I 
>have recorded, not too surprising.  There is a DC system under it, 
>now complete and religiously plugged in at my behest .  It is only 
>125 watts and obviously doesn't keep up when the RH is in the high 
>seventies.  I will have to check for crown and bearing, I've simply 
>presumed it would exist in a piano this new at this humidity.
>
>It was rather ugly when I first started on it.  Broke the third 
>unison I tuned at A4, strings were sticking every where.  Had to let 
>everything down a lot to break loose and then pitch correct.  Now 
>with regular tunings it renders nicely.  With basic piano voicing, 
>string levelling etc. and regular tuning and playing it is starting 
>to sound sweet.  I'm just not satisfied that it is doing as well as 
>it could in the 5th and 6th octaves.  I will check into the strike 
>point idea, been intending to.  I understand there's a booklet out on 
>that.  Anyone know where I can find it?
>
>I will check with Kent Webb about his thoughts regarding bridge 
>repairs and about the board.
>
>Andrew Anderson
>
>At 10:13 AM 4/26/2006, you wrote:
>
>>Ed said: "This piano is under warranty, is it not? "
>>
>>I seriously doubt that the Warranty would cover "stupidity".
>>
>>
>>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)
>>Captain, Tool Police
>>Squares R I
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