<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV>Ah, yes, Joe. There is more to report on this but whether I create a living sculpture out of epoxy or actually cut a new bridge, there is another nightmare looming ... This is going to totally screw up hammer and damper alignment for 26 notes! I don't even know if the hammers will fit and/or if I'll have to redrill those rails, too.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joe Garrett</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 08/01/2005 10:29:52 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bridge Disaster- - Should be Bridge From Hell!!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Holy Wood Workers Batman! (My usual "Yikes" doesn't do it justice!) That's one of the worst I've seen! My first thought was: "Well, that's what ya get for buying a Cheap POS"! "Toss it in the nearest landfill!" However, there is a solution: Break out the Epoxy and Bond all of that "Select Hardwood" together. Then, plug most of the holes; lay out a proper pin spacing and redrill the speaking length pin holes; insert new pins and yer done. I've done it. It's a lot of work, but it's doable.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sympathy,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>