[pianotech] Bass bridge repair

[Leslie Bartlett]

In my area of the country, these things happening on pianos (?) of 60-90
years old, and the market being so slow, I always ask customers if they
really want to invest in such cost when something in better shape can often
be found for about similar expense......
Les b

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 10:18 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Bass bridge repair

On 12/29/2011 9:20 AM, Richard W. Bushey wrote:
> General question regarding bass bridge repairs...from what I understand,
> you are detuning and removing all the bass strings but leaving full
> tension on the remainder of the strings. I've not ventured into to many
> bridge repairs as of yet and was wondering if that is typically fine to
> do...doesn't strain the plate or anything that could cause major
> problems? Just something I've been afraid to do because I didn't know.
> Thanks!

I've done it dozens of time, and know others who have done it dozens of 
times. The question has been asked dozens of times on the list, to 
hundreds of people who have done it dozens of times, and no one has ever 
reported a problem. When stringing, I put the bass strings on after 
pulling the rest of the strings up to pitch and settling them around the 
bridge pins, hitch, etc. A lot of other folks do this too.

So yes, it's typically fine to remove bass strings with the rest at pitch.
Ron N
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