Kap German piano

[KeyKat88 at aol.com]

Greetings,

          The bass bridge has vry small hairline splits at the bridge pins. 
The tuning pins are starting to get a little loose. If I dope the block,  this 
will cause further stress on the already splitting bass bridge. So I figure 
that the dope job will buy a few years, however, eventually, if they want to 
keep it in playing condition, it will need a new bass bridge as well as bass 
strings and a pinblock when/if they decide to go that far. The sound board is nice 
and echoey when I knock on it, however this may go too by that time. I told 
them to keep it away from drafty air returns and heat sources. 

          Thanks for the info. I had not known that these Ernst Kaps pianos 
were any thing special...seems they are. By the looks of this one they are a 
unique item. I now have a better idea on what to tell this customer.

THanks,
Julia Gottshall
Reading, PA  
In a message dated 8/22/2006 6:15:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
JD at Pianomaker.co.uk writes:
Why would it need a new bass bridge?
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