<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Re: bridge recapping tools</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/> <style> </style> </head> <body> <p>Looks like Duke Ellington...<br/><br/>David Ilvedson, RPT<br/>Pacifica, CA 94044<br/><br/></p> <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-left: #000000 3px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <hr/>Original message<br/>From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> </mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com><br/>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> </pianotech@ptg.org><br/>Received: 1/11/2008 11:27:22 AM<br/>Subject: Re: bridge recapping tools<br/><br/> <div align="left"><font face="Arial">Not to toot my own horn, but................</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial">Laminated.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"> </font></div> <div><a href="http://www.farrellpiano.com/bridge.htm"><font face="Arial">http://www.farrellpiano.com/bridge.htm</font></a></div> <div><font face="Arial"> </font></div> <div><img hspace="0" src="cid:image0038.jpg@39460.9932163194.896" align="baseline" border="0"/></div> <div><font face="Arial"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial">Terry Farrell</font></div> <div><font face="Arial">Farrell Piano, Inc.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial"><a href="mailto:terry@farrellpiano.com">terry@farrellpiano.com</a></font></div> <div><font face="Arial"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial">----- Original Message ----- </font> <div><font face="Arial">From: "Bob Hull" <</font><a href="mailto:hullfam5@yahoo.com"><font face="Arial">hullfam5@yahoo.com</font></a><font face="Arial">></font></div> <div><font face="Arial">To: "Pianotech List" <</font><a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><font face="Arial">pianotech@ptg.org</font></a><font face="Arial">></font></div> <div><font face="Arial">Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 9:09 AM</font></div> <div><font face="Arial">Subject: bridge recapping tools</font></div> </div> <div><font face="Arial"><br/></font></div><font face="Arial">>I must dive in to my first treble bridge recapping job.  I have only done a bass bridge thus far and it was only beveled, not notched.   Maybe the difficulty of this job can be taken down a few notches if I get the best tools and wonder what you would recommend.<br/>> <br/>> I have looked at the Mazzaglia website and saw:<br/>> Bridge pin tri-punches<br/>> Massive chisels<br/>> Bearing saw<br/>> Bearing gauges<br/>> Bearing lines<br/>> Notch tool - for cutting and cleaning the sides of the notches<br/>> Bridge capping washers - is this for putting pressure on the joint while gluing on the new cap?<br/>> <br/>> Do you recommend PianoTek's bridge capping material or who else.<br/>> <br/>> I have read Bob Hohf's article on Bridge Recapping - not artilcle more like a book.  Is there another good writing on this ? - need something concise<br/>> I know I'm going to  have a lot of questions on this and will also look over the archives.  <br/>> <br/>> Thanks.<br/>> <br/>> Bob Hull<br/>> <br/>> <br/>>      ____________________________________________________________________________________<br/>> Never miss a thing.  Make Yahoo your home page. <br/>> </font><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs"><font face="Arial">http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs</font></a><br/><font face="Arial">></font> </div> </body> </html>