[CAUT] treating existing bridges in restringing

[Thomas Russell]

> Greetings,

I would be interested in reading about what you do to treat bridges  
with CA or epoxy when restringing.  I have a pair of Steinway Ms that  
I will be working on this summer.

Tom Russell
Iowa State University
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>> I've been using epoxy in original bridge caps for 30 years, and CA  
>> on occasion for over 10. It certainly improves tone quality and  
>> minimizes false beating, and does seem to narrow pitch swings with  
>> seasonal changes. I've done testing with bridge models of various  
>> types, and epoxy or CA saturation of at least the cap does improve  
>> dimensional stability with humidity shifts.
>>
>> Ron N
> Hi Ron,
> 	When you say epoxy or CA saturation, what do you mean in terms of  
> method used to saturate? Are these methods one could use on an  
> existing bridge in a piano?
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> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
> fssturm at unm.edu
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