Ah ... but duplication is what I was thinking. (I was thinking??? Wow, something new!) Anyhow, at age 56 in a rural setting without interest in becoming a major rebuilder, scaling is another one of those skills that I doubt I'll be venturing into. So back to the question: Who does good, reliable bridge DUPLICATION work? Schaff? Alan -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Farrell Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 9:57 PM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Bridge Notching & Pinning It would be kinda hard to have someone else build a bridge for you, at least when you are rescaling the instrument like I had had done. You need to lay out the bridge in the piano to get the proper bridge shape. Then you need to space everything evenly, etc. I think sending something out would only be done if one were simply duplicating the original. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: <tune4u@earthlink.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 10:24 PM Subject: RE: Bridge Notching & Pinning > Related question: > > I would think for someone who does not run a serious rebuilding shop and > business--and preferably have learned such a craft with an artisan-level > tutor--you'd never get terribly proficient at this and it would take a long > time each time. > > If you have a third party build the bridge for you, how does the > cost-benefit ratio go? > > Besides my dentist, who does really nice and reliable bridge work? > > Alan Barnard > Know My Limits in Salem, MO > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On > Behalf Of Farrell > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 9:13 PM > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Bridge Notching & Pinning > > > Today I have a newfound respect for the talented artisans who so neatly and > accurately notch & pin bridges on nice new & well-rebuilt pianos. I just > finished notching and pinning my first bridge that I built from scratch. > GOOD GRIEF! It is clear to me that a cosmetically neat job is truly an art. > It is not easy at all to do this job neatly. I stare at the old bridge and I > look at mine, and it is frighteningly clear that whoever did that old bridge > had likely done 4,397 bridge prior to the one that was in my piano! I think > mine will function quite well, if not win any awards for appearance. That's > about all. Just wanted to say WOW! And I be humbled. > > Terry Farrell > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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