[pianotech] cutting down a MH bridge

[David Love]

I could do that but don't want to put in that much extra work.  Since the
bridge is so wide I figure I can modify the doglegs in the cutting down
process more easily than building a new bridge.  

I'm trying to figure out if there's a more efficient and accurate way than
just eyeballing a band saw along one of the laminations.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 11:18 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] cutting down a MH bridge

On 11/1/2012 12:40 PM, David Love wrote:
> I'm putting a new board in a MH piano (AA) and considering trimming 
> that massive 40 mm wide bridge to something more reasonable like 33mm.  
> Has anyone ever done that?  What was your method other than careful 
> band saw and a lot of sanding?

Make a new one. You'll even get the chance to make a better length
progression across the breaks.
Ron N