jason kanter wrote: >This piano has an extremely inconsistent inharmonicity pattern. I wonder if >the poor bridge terminations contribute to this, and I wonder if it's worth >recapping. The action, an old Brambach, in sorry shape. Let it die a quiet >death? > > Well thats certainly to be expected with a bridge that is not notched but rather simply beveled. Unless the instruments has some special meaning to someone... or has something about it that makes it interesting.... well... all things must bite the dust sooner or later... There are dignified and non-dignified ways of passing on.... why dont you offer it a pistol, a glass of whisky... and a private room ?? Cheers RicB >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu> >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 8:30 PM >Subject: Re: [Files] WHere's Waldo (was Big hammers) (Modified by Kent >Swafford) > > > > >>At 02:34 PM 9/1/04, you wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Sep 1, 2004, at 6:21 PM, Richard Brekne wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>what am I looking for ?? >>>> >>>> >>>Appear to me a cheesy wood putty repair to extreme cracking along the >>>bridge pin line -- a very rough "regraphited" bridge surface -- ultra low >>>side bearing. >>>Jason, what camera are you using? Makes me want to toss out my new 4 meg >>>Canon A80 (sigh). >>> >>>Patrick >>> >>> >> >>I'm seeing the split leaving the pin line. Is that a solid bridge? What >>grain I do see is certainly parallel to the pin line. >>Are the pins pealing up the top? I can't see a line between cap and body >>unless it's right at the bottom of the bevel. >> >> >> >>Conrad Hoffsommer >>You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, >>then used against you. >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >
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