CA and Bridge Pins

Kurt Matthies kwgm@MESAINTERACTIVE.COM
Wed, 18 Oct 2000 10:26:00 -0600


This is a remarkable treatment with dramatic results.

We did the CA glue treatment to my 1902 Steinway Model A which had a lot of
false beating in the tenor and middle registers. My technician wears
magnifying goggles while he does this so to see the cracks more clearly.
With the goggles on you can see cracks that are almost invisible to the
naked eye. He also uses a very fine extension pipe on the end of the CA glue
container to lay in the glue precisely.

We used a paper towel to soak up the excess glue if any, and a wire brush
across the bridge pins removes any excess we missed afterwards.

We did both the front and back of the bridge.

Most of the falseness is now gone from this instrument.

Kurt Matthies
"Helper"


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