>On a several restring jobs on older pianos of lower quality (budget >refurbish/rebuilds), I have used new copper bridge pins that were the same >size as the originals - and of course, some went into their respective holes >loose. I set the pins in unthickened West System epoxy with excellent >results - really cleaned up false beats, etc (also planed & renotched caps). >Note that I am not suggesting I think this is a good course of action on a >better piano where the owner is willing to pay for premium work. There are a darned site more potentially fine quality pianos that get similar or much less (or worse) than are done with new caps, etc. >On new bridges I use horizontally-laminated hard-maple caps. I drill for new >coppered bridge pins in the normal manner, but I swab the holes with >unthickened West System epoxy and dip the pin in epoxy upon installation. >Overkill? Maybe, but I don't want my bridges & bridge pins suffering the >same fate I see in most pianos after a few decades - or maybe just years >(cracked caps and loose pins). Does it hurt anything? I don't think so - >except perhaps my sort-term profit margin. > >Terry Farrell Me too. Makes a heck of a nice bridge, and hopefully one that will stay nice for a very long time. Ron N
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