<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/24/2006 12:39:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, rnossaman@cox.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>>           The bass bridge has vry small hairline splits at the bridge <BR>> pins. The tuning pins are starting to get a little loose. If I dope the <BR>> block,  this will cause further stress on the already splitting bass <BR>> bridge. <BR><BR>It will? How, why?<BR><BR>Ron N</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>        Well, right now the piano is below pitch about 30 cents and has loose pins. Not loose enough that it wont hold a tuning at all ...just loose enough that it wont hold for more than say 4 months. (I dont consider that to be really loose, Ive seen them where tuning wont hold through a Beethoven Sonata) </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> on the Kaps ...If I CA the block and then pull it up to pitch. this will cause extra stress on the already slightly cracking bridge that this piano hasnt seen for awhile adn is not used to.  (the cracks are ever so slight at its bridge pins however cracking <EM>is</EM> starting) That is what I intended in my train of thoughts on this job....sorry I guess I did miss conveying/communoicating that info along.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Julia </DIV> <DIV>Reading PA</DIV></BODY></HTML>