<!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 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks Joe.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I get you right, you check for = bridge top to be parallel to soundboard, do I ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.</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=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> Monday, May 16, 2005 6:54 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Sanding Bridge = Tops</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Love said: "<FONT face="Times = New Roman" size=3>No, I just use the string grooves themselves as the = guide.  Sand until<BR>they just disappear.  Recheck the bearing and make = adjustments to the<BR>plate if necessary. "</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's all well/good, however, it = assumes that the bridge hasn't "rolled" and also that the bridge was made correctly = in the first place.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you ascertain that the bridge = hasn't rolled then a quick check with a small Square will tell you if you are on = track. If the bridge has rolled then you need to compensate. in that case, set = up with a "T-Square" will give you the correct angle.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>