Terry, I didn't see removing the keybed in you laundry list. Do you plan to drill around it? :>) Greg Farrell wrote: > I recently did an epoxy repair to a bass bridge on a small piano. All the > speaking length side bicord pins had straightened up and taken the > surrounding wood with them. Pretty easy to argue that recapping was in > order. Anyway, I am trying to evaluate in my mind pros and cons of recapping > and epoxy repairs. > > How many hours would you bill a client for to remove bass strings (a spinet, > so about 40+ bass strings) take off old cap, repair bridge root, glue on new > cap, shape/trim new cap, drill new cap, notch new cap (just one straight > bevel), install new pins, re-install bass strings, bring up to pitch (do I > have all major steps?)? (I'll ask this before I tell you how long it took me > to epoxy - I might be too embarrassed!) Please no responses from bionic > recappers. Humans only. Thanks ;-) > > Terry Farrell > Piano Tuning & Service > Tampa, Florida > mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com -- Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté 19270 Harlon Ave. Lakewood, Ohio 44107 216-226-3791 mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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