<!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 6.00.2900.2995" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm attaching a photo of the lower end of the tenor bridge on a Wurlitzer spinet.  The first two notes (lowest) sound pretty bad in comparison to the rest of the piano.  Sort of nasal, and short on sustain.  The customer asked me before I began tuning if I thought they were out of tune.  They were in fact in pretty darn good intonation and the unisons were good, but the notes had that nasal sound.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Upon inspection I can see some cracks starting at the bridge itself, but you can also see a crack in the "apron" sort-of piece just above the lowest part of that tenor bridge.  I'm wondering if that crack inhibits transfer of vibration to a more flexible part of the soundboard that would enhance sustain, and if I could repair it and improve the sound by filling that crack with either epoxy or a variety of CA glue - maybe a gel type.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Your opinions and insights would be appreciated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Dorr</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Helena, MT</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>