Bass bridge cracks and piano age

[Andrew and Rebeca Anderson]

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This really comes down to a complete survey, pricing of work, 
prioritizing work, and the resulting customer's budget.

Stopgap measures that work OK are to treat the loose tuning and 
bridge pins with ultra-thin CA glue.  Epoxy can be used on the bass 
bridge, depending on the extent of the damage it may be better to 
replace, photos?

Btw,
Do adequately prepare before using CA glue, safety and durned 
everything-stuck-together issues to be prevented. ;-)

Good luck,
Andrew

At 10:54 AM 10/13/2005, you wrote:
>I am new to this list and thank you in advance for your replies.  I 
>have a new client with an old John Wanamaker grand piano.  It was 
>her childhood piano and her mother recently passed away.  She does 
>not have the money to restore the piano but would like to keep it 
>and play it for sentimental reasons.   The pins were loose in some 
>sections, many of the bass strings had no tone and, with a 
>flashlight in the poorly lit room, I saw a number of cracks on the 
>bass bridge.  The bridge pins did not appear to be loose. I am able 
>to give the client her options in terms of the action work needed, 
>the choices for repairing/replacing the pin block, stringing 
>options, regulation choices.  I need help with the options and 
>prices for repairing/replacing the bass bridge and perhaps the 
>treble bridge and the other parallel work necessary as a 
>result.   Also, I was trying to find the exact age! from the serial 
>number 24745, but could only find that John Wanamaker was affiliated 
>with Schomacker Piano Co.  There was no info on serial #'s for this 
>company. If the serial #'s are under the same system as the 
>Schomacker Piano Co. (which I would think they are) then the piano
>dates somewhere betwee 1885 and 1890.  The client thought it was 
>more like 1930s.  Any ideas from this list?
>
>
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