<!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>yes</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=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</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> Saturday, May 21, 2005 = 7:32 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: split bridge</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Did you predrill the holes for the screws?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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=rlshiflet@cableone.net = href="mailto:rlshiflet@cableone.net">Ron & Lorene Shiflet</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Piano-Tech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 21, 2005 = 10:33 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> split bridge</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>List, </DIV> <DIV>        I got the piano = finished.  Sounds great.  The slowest curing epoxy In could get was a 45 = minute set.  I mixed it well and goobed the bridge.  As I tried = to screw down the bridge top, It kept splitting.  Too dry out here right = now.  Then the glue started setting up in 20 minutes instead of = 45 minutes.  We were desperate.  The piano was on a tilt = truck.  </DIV> <DIV>    We ran a pipe clamp from side to side.  = We stacked 2x4 blocks on the bridge to build it up.  Then we used = a grand piano pinblock support to crank pressure from the pipe clamp to the = 2x4's and the bridge.  We did mange to get enough pressure to hold = it.  It dried in place.  We never did use screws or dowels.  We = put the strings back and pulled them up.  It tunes quite well and the = tone is great.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ron</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>