<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>sunken tenor bridge</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You might also want to read up on some old articles that I believe Del Fandrich wrote regarding use of springs between belly braces and ribs.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So, is this an example of an old board shimmed to restore crown?  ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></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">Try screwing some weights under the soundboard into the end of the bridge.</DIV> <DIV>Brass weights are classy.</DIV> <DIV>Lead weights are cheap, and weigh just as much as brass, ounce for ounce.</DIV> <DIV>Ed Sutton<BR><BR><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR><ZZZHEAD></ZZZHEAD><ZZZBODY>dear list,  A nicely restored good no-name grand was given to our non-profit.  It<BR>has new block, strings, and a shimmed board.  We installed a set of<BR>Ronsen hammers and regulated it.  Now we notice the lowest end of the<BR>tenor bridge has no downbearing, and the first few tenor notes thwack<BR>loudly on a hard blow.  We don't want to install a new bridge cap. <BR>Is there a cheap fix for this?  thanks,    Ben</ZZZHTML></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>