I would always prefer a new bridge to one stuck together with epoxy. BUT, I find grinding the bridge top down for a new cap difficult with the plate in. How do you do this - especially in someone's home? Because of these difficulties, I would probably elect the epoxy solution in this situation. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 5:51 PM Subject: Re: bridge repair advice > 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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