<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</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> January 03, 2002 4:36 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Epoxy</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hi Del. What adhesive do you use to glue up laminations for = bridge caps. Do you also make vertically laminated bridges? What adhesive there? = And finally, regarding graphite on bridges - do you put anything at all on = the bridge top? Do you just leave the wood (maple?) bare? Thanks.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell <HR> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080>We will be making vertically = laminated bridge bodies for the new grand. (It will still use horizontally laminated = caps.) And we've considered doing so for a couple of the S&S models we do = frequently, but as yet have not. </FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080>We use an adhesive called MPA II = (it's a commercial version of Titebond II, the biggest difference being that it = does not have the strong yellow color) for both. </FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080>If we're leaving the bridge caps = bare they are just that--bare. Occasionally we will coat them with Clear = Coat.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>