A sad Hamilton

[John Ross]

Hi,
To keep the treble strings in some semblance of order. Get a piece of
strapping, and a staple gun. Just staple them to the wood in order, it will
keep them from mixing up.
A new bass bridge, premade, is relatively inexpensive from Baldwin, or it
was.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@jagat.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: A sad Hamilton


> Sounds a lot like starved glue joints.  If it is climatic damage I
> would check every possible glue joint, bridges to soundboard, sides,
> block, bottom and top sills, action parts.  Everything!  You may wish
> to do this before a final commitment to the job.
>
> You may well find that putting the strings back on will be more time
> costly than the coast of new strings.  Just handling all that chaotic
> mess will be real aggravating.
>
> I see no problem with your approach but I would suggest putting screws
> between unisons to place less stress on the bridge cat and so a later
> tuner can tighten the screws if they get loose.
>
> Sounds like a lot of fun.
>
> Newton