<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>I was thinking of using the penetrating stuff that David Love mentioned. It should sink in better than the regular West&#39;s, and I imagine also glue the pins in, somewhat.<br /><br />Thumpe</div></td></tr></table>            <div id="_origMsg_">
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                            Mike Spalding &lt;mike.spalding1@frontier.com&gt;;                            <br>
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                            Re: [pianotech] Worst Bass/Tenor Crossover in Universe                            <br>
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                                        <td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">quite right, Terry, I should have been more precise in my description.<BR><BR>On 1/10/2013 3:30 PM, Terry Farrell wrote:<BR>&gt; I don't think painting West System epoxy on a bridge body is going to "tightly link the pins to the cap".<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Putting epoxy in the bridge pin holes and coating the base of the bridge pin with epoxy will help.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Terry Farrell<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; On Jan 10, 2013, at 9:25 AM, Mike Spalding wrote:<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; Thumpe,<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; Nothing wrong, and a lot right, with using West or similar on bridge tops.&nbsp; I believe its primary benefit is to tightly link the pins to the cap, secondarily to seal the cap surface against moisture transport that might accelerate cracking.&nbsp; I don't believe there's a need for surface lube on a bridge top - there's plenty of vibration to help strings move to equalize
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