<!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 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Richard, I'm = surprised that those things are still being marketed. I've never seen one that was = actually working. Mostly, I've seen them on junk pianos which were made worse by unskilled repair techniques. I especially like the ones with the big = spikes on 'em. What are you supposed to do, pound them into the bridge with a = hammer? Especially one that's already splitting out? Sheesh!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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"><B>From:</B> <A title=rbrekne@broadpark.no = href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">PTG</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 08, = 2001 7:47 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Bridge Repairs ?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><IMG height=230 src="cid:00a001c13a11$ded5e7a0$af127d3f@Pramsey" width=300> <P>Hi Folks, I ran into these today on the nett, have never seen them = before. Looks like a way of bypassing the use of bridge pins really. Anybody = tried these ? <P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>Bergen, Norway <BR><A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> = <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>