[CAUT] Bridge capping material

[Delwin D Fandrich]

I have used it. I like the acoustical results but I don't like working with the
stuff. As Ron points out it's brutal to notch by hand (no matter how sharp the
chisel is). I wouldn't use it at all if I didn't have a power notcher. 

It does look some odd though I don't at all mind this. There are those who
maintain that I'm some odd myself. 

I no longer use the stuff. Several years back I switched to my own laminated
maple bridge cap stock.

Del

| -----Original Message-----
| From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On 
| Behalf Of Ron Nossaman
| Sent: June 13, 2007 1:43 PM
| To: College and University Technicians
| Subject: Re: [CAUT] Bridge capping material
| 
| 
| 
| > I have been catching up on reading. Really enjoyed the 
| string stretch 
| > thread, both theoretical wanderings and practical methods. On the 
| > topic of bridge treatment: I was thumbing through the 
| Schaff catalogue 
| > (bottom of page 81) and saw that they offer a 15/32" 
| (~12mm) laminated 
| > beech bridge capping material (by Delignit). Has anyone 
| used this for 
| > capping? If so, what are your conclusions?
| > 
| > Thanks.
| > 
| > Alan
| 
| Del uses it, last I heard, and it works just fine, but it's a 
| bear to hand notch. At least for me it is. I don't much like 
| the looks of it for capping, but it makes a really nice 
| connector/stiffener between tenor and transition bridges. The 
| bridge capping was the first thing I tried in my hybrid 
| pinblock, but I thought it wasn't hard enough and went to 
| regular Delignit for the pinblock cap.
| 
| Ron N
|