I am looking for advice on a Ebersole upright circa 1908 on which I am practising tuning, repair and regulation. The entire bass of the piano is very dull -THUNK. The bridge has no noticeable cracks, but does have two interesting "features". One is a buggered-up bolt which goes into the bridge from its top at the extreme bass end. This one is obviously a 'fix' which didnt fix. The second is a flathead screw countersunk very neatly into the bridge at about its center. Having not seen a lot of pianos yet, I suspect this is also part of an attempted fix, but wonder if any of you have seen older pianos with any screws like this through the bridge into the apron?? It looks to me like someone tried to fix either the dead bass or maybe a tuning instability with these pieces of hardware. Before I attempt to follow the procedure to loosen bass strings, remove bridge and apron, clean up, reglue, etc, I did show it to Phil Bondi. He advised me to also ask here. Help? Dave Smith Pine Island FL
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