<HTML><HTML>Terry: Thanks for the gracious reply. I guess that partly I responded not in the need to make a correction, but to supply a general corrective to a great many of the posts (not many of yours :-)) on the list where answers to questions don't have context and/or the awareness of unintended consequences. Like many, I wish we would all try to figure out why a phenomenon happens (string termination problems, e.g.) before we simply buy old methodology from tradition, or rationalizations devoid of experiential and reproducible sensibility. Anyway, thanks again for your gentle conversation. PRJ <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Your point is quite valid indeed. The question however, addressed only notching and pinning - and that was all my answer was intended to address. I did mention planing the bridge cap - it would have been more accurate and clear to say something like "determine desired downbearing and plane or whatever to achieve that". By stating to plane the cap, I was only trying to point out that it is good to address that step of the process prior to notching and pinning.   Thanks for pointing that out.   Terry Farrell <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">----- Original Message ----- Our points (even though I should speak only for myself), I think, Terry, were that the bridge repair by itself as a solution to an unclearly stated problem may, without other data, create unintended consequences. Recommending a procedure devoid of context is perilous, particularly the context of a piano.:-) PRJ </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>