David, I've made those veneer shims as well to increase bearing, beats making a new cap on a budget upright. This one was fine. I'[m glad your airing your project on the list. Fenton ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Boyce" <David at piano.plus.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 11:40 AM Subject: Re: Steinway model Z weak bass > Ron, thanks very much for those suggestions. A couple of the things you > mention had occurred to me, but by no means all of the things you suggest > checking. Great. > > Fenton, I've encountered detached bass bridges a couple of times. On both > occasions there was a gap between bridge and apron, with the bridge just > hanging there on the strings, suspended as it were in mid-air. So I > judged it best to cut a shim from very thin plywood and glue it to the > (cleaned) bridge. Otherwise, to just glue the bridge back would have > resulted, I suppose, in negative downbearing - upbearing, if you will! > Both times were very successful. > > Best regards, > > David. > > >
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