New bridge cap and possibly the body if epoxy will not fill the gap once the cap is routed off. Consider new_bass_strings as well. :-) Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 11:16 PM 8/8/97 -0400, you wrote: >OK Everybody >Here's something to mull over -- the bass bridge on a W W Kimball studio >circa 1938 has a large crack running diagonally across it as well as >having a number of bridgepins blown out so there is no sidebearing at >the treble end of the bridge. The diagonal crack is a single crack >(instead of multiple cracks) about 1/8" wide and close to an inch deep. >Does anybody have any good, cost-effective ideas about how to repair >this short of replacing the entire bridge? Please keep in mind that >this piano is of great sentimental value to the customer. > >Jan Otto and Zen Reinhardt >jano@provide.net and diskladame@provide.net > >
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