Terry, I surmised from your original post that you were capping an existing bridge. I understand that this is not the case. If you were it would be hard to use a notching machine in the piano. I thought I was pretty clear. I guess not. Greg Newell At 07:18 PM 7/13/2005, you wrote: >Wow! That's a question from a totally unfamiliar angle! All the pianos >that have gone through my shop get a new redesigned soundboard, new >bridges (new root, everything - because of string rescaling), new >laminated bridge caps, etc., etc. > >So, as long as I have a new bridge root loose from the soundboard, it is >an easy matter to simply notch the bridges before you glue/bond the bridge >root to the soundboard. > >Indeed, if one were to want to notch a bridge of some very hard material, >that would be a problem. But I suppose, that is a good application for a >cap with thicker laminations - as I stated, not a whole lot harder to >notch with a chisel. > >And regarding your comment "Since you're using a cap I suppose that you >are not removing the bridge root from the piano." What do you mean by >that? What does using a bridge cap have to do with using an original >bridge root or a new bridge root? > >Terry Farrell > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net> > >>Terry, >> Since your using a cap I suppose that you are not removing the >> bridge root from the piano. How do you propose to get into the tighter >> areas with the bridge notching machine? >> >>Greg Newell >> >> >> >>At 08:34 AM 7/13/2005, you wrote: >>>Dale Erwin wrote: >>>Is This so really much more difficult to notch with a really >>>sharp chisel than a plain old good hard piece of tight grain stock? >>> Dale >>> >>>Dale asked that question regarding notching a six-lamination maple >>>bridge cap. I would say that it is a bit more difficult. These >>>laminations are about 1-1/2 millimeters thick, so the notch only cuts >>>into two or three laminations typically - that is only crossing one or >>>two epoxy lines. So yes, it is more difficult, but not at all >>>unmanageable - as long as you keep the laminations thick enough. >>> >>>Why do you ask - does my notching look THAT bad? >>> >>>But, 1) because I have no talent whatsoever for hand notching, and 2) >>>because I wish to explore building harder bridge caps in the future, I >>>think a good notching machine will benefit me immensely. I want to try >>>building caps using thinner laminations and possibly harder material. >>> >>>Terry Farrell >> >>Greg Newell >>Greg's piano Forté > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Greg Newell Greg's piano Forté mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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