<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’m not clear.  Is the = zinging from the wood that is touching the string from incomplete = notching?  If so, I wouldn’t hesitate to take the string off and cut away the wood.  You can do this fairly easily with a small screwdriver = sharpened down to chisel sharpness.  Un hitch the string from the bridge pins = and carefully cut away the wood back to the pin on that side.  = I’ve had to do this on several occasions where I’ve found the notch angle insufficient or not started back far enough.  This is pretty easy = being at the bottom of the tenor bridge.  </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p> <div> <p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size:10.0pt; color:navy'>David Love</span></font><font size=2 color=navy><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'><br> davidlovepianos@comcast.net </span></font></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original = Message-----<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span = style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>A440 Piano Service<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, February = 24, 2006 2:24 PM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> PTG List<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Bridge Notch = Anomaly</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Oh Wiser-than-I Ones, (of = which there are multitudes!)</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I heard a = "zinging" in the attack of a low tenor string on a customer's piano.  She heard it, = too, and didn't like it.  (Turned out a little needling on the hammer at = about 1 o'clock and 11 o'clock softened that attack nicely) Upon close inspection I notice an anomaly in the way the bridge was = notched. It's the right string of the lowest plain string unison.  I was = wondering if I might elicit a few opinions about the looks of this.  I've attached = a photo -- I hope it comes through!</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The bridge isn't notched = all the way across on that right-most pin.  On the side that the string bears = there is certainly a good notch, but to the right of that it's not.  Seems = like that would actually strengthen rather than weaken the pin's hold, but = since it looks unusual I thought I'd ask.  Extending upward from the = un-notched edge there is a visible line.  That's the border of the notching.  It is not a crack.  This is a fairly new piano, = about 3 or 4 years old, a Knabe Studio Upright.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks,</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>John Dorr</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Helena, = MT</span></font></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>