<!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 6.00.2900.3020" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Here are a couple photos of a bass bridge repair I did a few years ago. IMHO a perfectly suitable repair for an old upright. The entire length of the bridge where the bicords are was cracked and the pins had moved such that there was zero dogleg to the strings as they passed over the bridge top. I simply pulled all the pins from the afflicted area, filled with West System epoxy thickened with their 404 High-Density filler, pushed bridge pins back in place and clamped bridge body back to (or near) its original width. Clean up squeeze out. As you can see from the pin alignment, the results are less than perfect appearance-wise (the pins at the tenor end actually are at an angle, but the camera angle makes it look like they are standing up straight), but it works as good as new and is pretty fast and easy to do.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:003d01c74a0e$ed7e1850$0302a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Once you put the strings back on, you'd really have to know to look for the repair to be able to see it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:003e01c74a0e$ed7e1850$0302a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I don't have a record of my hours on the job, but it took three visits - the initial inspection and estimate, the epoxy work, and then a few days later I came back to re-install the bass strings, do a pitch raise and tune the piano. The total bill was $595 - that was seven years ago.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hoping not to burst anyone's bubble, but given the piano in question, is the split bridge causing any problems? Buzzing? Loss of tone? Tuning instability? If the answer to those questions is no, then is there really a good reason to fix the bridge? Are there perhaps a laundry list of other wear-related items that are impeding the performance of this piano? Five hundred bucks might better be put toward a full regulation, or perhaps even a newer piano!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Just food for thought.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hope this helps.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Tampa, Florida</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"> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><EM>"Exactly where do you propose "gluing" a split bridge?</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><EM>Along the row of bridge pins?</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT>Yes.</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><EM>Where in the scale is the split? What kind of piano?"</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bass bridge. The piano is a Hobart M. Cable full upright from 1904.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>By the way, I saw a post in the archives that mentioned 4-6 hours for the entire job.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Daniel Carlton</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>