Next week I'm going to attempt to repair a cracked bass bridge by gluing it back together. Never having done this before, I'm hoping for some advice from those of you who have tried this before. The bridge, on a 1935 Monarch upright, is cracked and separated along the bridge pins. I plan to separate fully the loose piece, remove the bridge pins, epoxy and clamp the bridge together, and re-insert the bridge pins before the glue sets. Any comments or advice would be greatly appreciated. Tom Sivak P.S. This is kind of a no lose situation, in that the cost of replacing the bridge is prohibitive to the owner. (I got estimates from 2 RPTs who encouraged me to try gluing the bridge myself.) They got the piano for free; no pianists in the house; oldest child is 5, so the piano hopefully was to be used for beginning piano lessons in a couple of years. So if the repair doesn't work, not much is at stake. It's a good situation for me to venture into the unknown.
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