<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 9.00.8112.16434"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Rob, You do not mention if it is the lower or upper bridge pin that is effected. Just tuned an old bird cage that had all the lower bridge pins split out. Chose to drill above the crack one half inch and repin.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>If the pins are on the upper and you are not seeing a great chasm my choice would be to lower the tension, remove the strings, push the pins back into place and use thin CA </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>with no activator. Applying several times until the void is filled. Let set or use the spray</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rob@mccallpiano.com href="mailto:rob@mccallpiano.com">Rob McCall</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 27, 2011 2:40 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] Acrosonic Bass Bridge</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Greetings, <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I tuned a 1964 Baldwin Acrosonic this morning.  They complained that about 3-4 notes made a funny noise.  Further inspection revealed cracks and shearing of the bass bridge. The first 10-12 strings are affected.  Everything below that is not affected... yet. :-)  Since the pitch was 20 cents low, I tuned it where it stood so as to not put even more pressure on this bridge until I can find a fix for it. I'll bring it up to pitch once the fix is in.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>The rest of the piano is in pretty good shape. They don't want to spend too much but they are willing to spend a moderate amount to have it fixed.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>So, I've heard of using epoxy, etc. to fix cracks and such, but this seems to be quite a different beast.  What is the best method to fix this? </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>The rest of the bass bridge below those 12 notes or so seems just fine with tight pins, etc. It also appears to just affect the cap.  Any and all ideas are appreciated...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space">Rob McCall</DIV> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><BR></DIV> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space">McCall Piano Service, LLC<BR><A href="http://www.mccallpiano.com">www.mccallpiano.com</A></DIV> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space">Murrieta, CA</DIV> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space">951-698-1875<BR><BR><BR></DIV> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><BR></DIV> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><IMG id=52bf12d7-e759-47cb-ab2b-91a17bfa748e src="cid:8E81D3AA91554390816197FCE5668A63@GossPC" width=957 height=1280 apple-height="yes" apple-width="yes"></DIV> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><BR></DIV> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><BR></DIV> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><BR></DIV> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><IMG id=74caaba7-ea63-46d2-a8ae-d3adc534150a src="cid:D1CB2CDFFD264A1B949B5BA82F0CE075@GossPC" width=957 height=1280 apple-height="yes" apple-width="yes"></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>