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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This morning I went to tune a modern =
Chappell
upright. When I got to the Bass covered string section it was h o r r i =
b l e..
No better description. I tipped the piano away from the wall to see if =
there was
a foreign object vibrating on the soundboard. No. But the wall behind =
the piano
was very warm..... Removed the kneeboard. Horrors! The entire Bass =
bridge had
collapsed, totally broken-down glue joints between the Bass soundboard
bridge-block and the off-set plank as well as the joint beween that =
plank
and the actual Bass bridge. I then loosened off the Bass covereds and =
extracted
both bridge and off-set and brought them to my workshop. I propose to =
glue and
screw them together with an epoxy-resin glue (Araldite). Then take the =
whole
shebang back to the piano and do the same gluing to the bridge-block. Is =
the
list "pro" - or - "con" - or simply horrified?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>En passant - I wonder what the joint =
between the
soundboard and the bass block is like....thinks...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Needless to say the owner and I moved =
the piano to
a different location - against a radiator. But she says that radiator is =
never
turned on.......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G (UK) Nearly tea-time in =
darkest
Sussex-by-the-Sea</FONT></DIV>
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