<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Did you predrill the holes for the screws?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rlshiflet@cableone.net href="mailto:rlshiflet@cableone.net">Ron & Lorene Shiflet</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Piano-Tech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 21, 2005 10:33 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> split bridge</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>List, </DIV> <DIV>        I got the piano finished.  Sounds great.  The slowest curing epoxy In could get was a 45 minute set.  I mixed it well and goobed the bridge.  As I tried to screw down the bridge top, It kept splitting.  Too dry out here right now.  Then the glue started setting up in 20 minutes instead of 45 minutes.  We were desperate.  The piano was on a tilt truck.  </DIV> <DIV>    We ran a pipe clamp from side to side.  We stacked 2x4 blocks on the bridge to build it up.  Then we used a grand piano pinblock support to crank pressure from the pipe clamp to the 2x4's and the bridge.  We did mange to get enough pressure to hold it.  It dried in place.  We never did use screws or dowels.  We put the strings back and pulled them up.  It tunes quite well and the tone is great.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ron</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>