Epoxy Repair to bridge top

[Farrell]

I've resorted to taking a long board and resting it on top of all the bridge pins and pushing down to counteract such an occurrence. Maddening, isn't it!

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Delwin D Fandrich" <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: Epoxy Repair to bridge top


> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: December 16, 2002 5:21 AM
> Subject: Re: Epoxy Repair to bridge top
> 
> 
> >
> > Ok guys, how do we know what condition the bridge root is really in until
> > the excess epoxy disappearing into the voids without coming up elsewhere
> > (or gushing up elsewhere) tells us? And if you observe something
> disturbing
> > during the epoxying of the bridge pins in that fine piano, I suppose you
> > immediately stop and begin removing the bridge for replacement? Or will
> you
> > get as much epoxy in there as you can to try to improve it's integrity and
> > press on?
> 
> 
> Personally? I do the latter -- it's all the integrity I can come up with
> when I see all that epoxy disappearing into what can sometimes seem like a
> bottomless pit. Besides, I've always found it interesting while driving a
> pin down in one area to observe another pin an octave or so away start to
> pop up. But then I'm easily entertained.
> 
> Del
> 
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