Thanks Ron... I'll do that. The original bridge is slightly less than 1.375", so I reckon I won't have to glue slabs together as long as I start with 1.375" or thicker stock. Thanks everyone! Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote: > paul bruesch wrote: > >> Hi Ron, >> >> Well, the piano is in my "shop" (garage... it's really hard to refer to it >> as a "shop", and even more so during a Minnesota winter) and the bridge is >> already out of the piano. The left-hand end of the apron was swinging on its >> nail after splitting top-bottom. I think I can handle that, tho'. >> > > Ah, the "cat on the screen door" syndrome, where you let the tension down > and the bridge falls to the bottom of the piano. An old favorite! That makes > the decision really easy. > > > The original bridge was capped, but the divots as you say do extend into >> the root. Perhaps this would be even more of a "learning opportunity" than >> I'd ever anticipated. I'm assuming you would make a solid replacement >> without cap, right? >> > > Right. If the bearing and such seemed about where you want it, assuming you > could tell, just reproduce the dimensions of the original root/cap in > Delignit, horizontal lamination. If you need more thickness, glue two slabs > of Delignit together and rip to the thickness needed. It doesn't matter > where the joint ends up. Lay out the pin locations from either a pattern > made from the original (quick and nearly always adequate) or in the piano > stretching thread where the strings will go. Drill deeper than necessary for > the pin length, bevel the "notches" with a spokeshave, and install the pins. > If you have plate clearance, leave the end a little longer where it broke > out in the original, and don't bevel the top edge of the end, so it'll be > stronger. Pin it, driving pins to final height. Finish it, or not (I never > did), and install. > > That's it. Try it. It'll be fun. > Ron N > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090531/959546f7/attachment.htm>
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