[pianotech] Of Chisels

William Monroe bill at a440piano.net
Mon Oct 11 16:03:01 MDT 2010


I have also found a sharp scraper very useful.  I've used it for cleaning up
notches that had a funky grain, and also for resurfacing the bass bridge
bevel.  If it's sharp it works well.

William R. Monroe



On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 4:28 PM, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>wrote:

>  I recall attending a bridge class given by David Hughes some years ago
> and at the time his wife was doing the bridge notching (and may still be for
> all I know).  I believe her favorite tool was a sharpened paint scraper.
> The guys at Steinway used to use something similarly unintended for the job
> but I can’t now remember what it was.  I’ll be getting a Tormek machine for
> the brain soon and a synaptic honing device.
>
>
>
> David Love
>
> www.davidlovepianos.com
>
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