You mean a bigger wedge to split the crack wider? Andrew Anderson At 06:01 PM 12/17/2005, you wrote: >Ron and list, > If the problem is loose bridge pins, > and I believe that it is, then why not replace > with an oversized pin instead of super glue. > I've never been quite happy with the lack of > control over the application of super glue as > it seems to go in places where I didn't want > it. Perhaps I'm using the wrong viscosity. We > replace individual tuning pins with oversize, why not bridge pins too? > >Greg > > > >At 12:16 PM 12/17/2005, you wrote: > >>>Thanks for the update on bridge pins. What is the "real cause" if it is not >>>a loose bridge pin? And would you use CA glue Ron? Or? >> >>It's still almost always a loose bridge pin. If >>it must be addressed, I'll use CA. For the most >>part, I work around it. I mention the problem, >>the cause, and the most affordable treatment >>(CA) to the owner, and let them decide if they >>want to pay for it. Most don't notice it, or >>particularly care if they do (considering that >>it will cost something to address), so I do >>what I can with what I have. I ignore it and >>tune around it as well as I can. What I don't >>do any more, is try to fool myself that I'm >>fixing anything by seating strings and bridge >>pins, since I've come to realize that I was not >>correcting the root cause, and was most likely >>doing further damage. The fact is that the >>piano needs something it's not going to get, >>and the equivalence of touching up the x-rays >>to deny the problem isn't going to do either >>the doctor, or the patient any good in the long run. >> >>I realize there are impossible situations, like >>concert and studio work, where SOMETHING must >>be done to clean up false beats. A concert >>instrument has a very short life at a high >>performance level anyway, so you do whatever >>you have to do to meet the performance >>requirements at the expense of longevity, and >>try to correct the problem more nearly >>permanently when the rebuild comes up on the >>wheel. Meanwhile, I see no reason to abuse Mrs >>Jones' piano trying to disguise the symptoms >>tuning after tuning while denying the reality. >>I understand that most of the technical >>community disagrees, but that's the way I see it. >> >>Ron N >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >Greg Newell >Greg's piano Forté >mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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