<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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</DIV> <DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </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=pianobuilders@olynet.com href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">Delwin D Fandrich</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> Thursday, January 03, = 2002 1:24 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Epoxy</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>The SystemThree Clear Coat epoxy is = about as good as 'regular' epoxy in terms of crack filling. Because it is so thin it = penetrates into the wood surface considerably more than thicker epoxies. If = you're trying to fill small cracks around bridge pins you'll need to go back over = them frequently as it soaks in. The stuff has a really long working life if = you don't mix overly much so this isn't all that much a = problem.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>We've been making laminated caps for = most of our bridge work of late and have been using the stuff to seal the notches = where the end grain shows up. Probably overkill, but it really does soak in = a lot.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Most of the time we still graphite = bridges as a matter of customer preference. On our own pianos we do not. I fail to = see the point of it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT = size=2>Del</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>