ROGER JOLLYS' IDEA WORKED

[jolly roger]

Hi Mike,
               Happy to hear things worked for you.  You can some times get 
another 10% by using thin CA glue in the following manner.

Take some paper towel, and roll a tip in the corner, and place it under the 
strings at the notch just in front of the bridge pins. Using just a small 
amount of CA in the bottle, use one drop at the bass of each pin.  Have 
some extra paper towel to mop up any excess.  Any excess is quickly wicked 
up by the absorbent towel.

Lifting all the strings and moving them on the capo bar will give you a bit 
more UMPH!

Regards Roger


At 08:33 AM 7/17/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi,
>      Tapping judiciously straight down on the bridge pins themselves as
>I understand from RJs' recent post worked.  C# in the killer octave of
>this five year old D has been an especially troubling note for lack of
>power and sustain. Improved instantl about 30%.
>      This piano has been through repeated documented 19%-93% humidity
>swings,  probably much higher unrecorded.  Don't' know how many times
>one can tap a bridge pin or how long such will last.   Perhaps after
>they get the HVAC fixed, if ever, all of these pins should be epoxied
>back in.
>
>Try this on your deadest note and see!
>
>-Mike Jorgensen