Dealing with bridge damage.

Avery avery1 at houston.rr.com
Tue Apr 25 15:31:24 MDT 2006


Terry,

Coming from someone who can't do that stuff, why a new soundboard? 
Why not just a new bridge cap & restring it? How old is it?

Avery

At 03:54 PM 4/25/2006, you wrote:
>
>If a new cap and mass loading the bridge do not suffice, then I 
>suppose it is time for a new soundboard - preferably of a better design.
>
>Terry Farrell
>
>----- Original Message -----
> > << I've been maintaining a 4 year old D for this concert season at the
> > local community college.  Almost every service I end up working on
> > the treble bridge.  I've ultra-thin CA-treated the bridge pins to
> > great benefit.  Closer investigation revealed that the persistent
> > culprits had been victims of savage "string-seating".  Some were
> > beating so wildly as to be practically un-tunable.  >>
> >
> > This piano is under warranty, is it not?
> >
> > Ed Foote RPT
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