Hi Tom, My preference with a bass bridge, is to make a new one. With the time involved, waiting for the epoxy to cure. You can correct, spacing and bearing. The end result is much better. Regards, John M. Ross jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tvak@AOL.COM> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 11:34 AM Subject: bridge repair advice > 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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