If it's only five years old, it's still under warranty. Send it back to the factory. J R W -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 7:51 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Cracked Bridge-New Baldwin Console-Need Advice > Dear Friends, > A customer has a 5 year old Baldwin console with a crack about 12 inches > long in the treble bridge, big enough to stick a business card in. Edge on, or sideways? (sorry) Where in the bridge? >The piano sounds like hitting a marimba with a timpani stick. The owner > wants to replace it. It? The bridge, or the piano? Then there's the pesky little problem of factoring the soundboard into the equation. Have you taken crown and bearing measurements? >I'm new at this and don't do shopwork- and I > understand that none of you can diagnose a pian on line- but do you > think I could somehow get some CA between the strings, into the crack, > and drill a hole through the bridge/soundboard and put in a nut and > bolt? I thought, if it's going to be replaced, I might as well learn > something. > > (It was seen by a friend of mine who does extensive rebuilding and > proclaimed the PSO to be DOA) That still may be the case. If the fix exceeds the value, the owner and keeper of the checkbook makes the call. > Any suggestions are sincerely appreciated. Thanks, > Greg Livingston Pending, Ron N _______________________________________________ Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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