Rescaled. Old bridge ain't where it needs to be. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 2:14 AM Subject: Re: Building Bridges and Bending Wood > Steam wood, bend, let dry, remove, laminate? Or same > with just heat? Why are you building a new root? > Gordon > > --- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > I'm having a bit of a time building my first bridge > > root. The bridge is for a M&H upright. It is will be > > made of vertically laminated quarter sawn hard > > maple. The bridge design requires a fair bit of a > > double bend where the bridge goes under the plate > > strut between the treble and tenor sections. The way > > I have it laid out, the bends have a radius of > > approximately three-inches. I cut laminations down > > to 2 mm, and it is still pretty hard to get the > > curve I want (I am actually crushing the wood trying > > to bend it). I realize I could ease the bend a bit > > and simply move the bridge pins so that they lie > > more towards the bottom of the bridge on the late > > note of the treble area, and higher on the bridge on > > the first note of the tenor section. I hate to start > > over though. > > > > How tight a curve do any of you bridge builders use? > > How thick are you making your laminations for that > > radius? Any special tricks you are using to make > > this all work? > > > > Terry Farrell > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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