Greg- Check to see if the bridge cap is separating from the root of the bridge. If so, it is possible to loosen the strings and get them out of the way, reglue the cap, and return the piano to its previous glorious console sound. Ed Sutton -----Original Message----- >From: David Vanderhoofven <david@vanderpiano.com> >Sent: Feb 6, 2006 11:35 AM >To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org> >Subject: RE: Cracked Bridge-New Baldwin Console-Need Advice > >Sorry, J R W, but Baldwin is not honoring warranties on their pianos before >they were purchased by Gibson. I have a customer with a Baldwin 243 built >just before the bankruptcy that has loose ribs causing soundboard >buzzing. There is no reason for a new piano to have problems like that. > >David Vanderhoofven >Joplin, MO > >At 09:58 PM 2/5/2006, you wrote: >>If it's only five years old, it's still under warranty. Send it back to the >>factory. >>J R W >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf >>Of Ron Nossaman >>Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 7:51 PM >>To: Pianotech List >>Subject: Re: Cracked Bridge-New Baldwin Console-Need Advice >> >> >> > Dear Friends, >> > A customer has a 5 year old Baldwin console with a crack about 12 inches >> > long in the treble bridge, big enough to stick a business card in. >> >>Edge on, or sideways? (sorry) Where in the bridge? >> >> >> >The piano sounds like hitting a marimba with a timpani stick. The owner >> > wants to replace it. >> >>It? The bridge, or the piano? Then there's the pesky little >>problem of factoring the soundboard into the equation. Have >>you taken crown and bearing measurements? >> >> >> >I'm new at this and don't do shopwork- and I >> > understand that none of you can diagnose a pian on line- but do you >> > think I could somehow get some CA between the strings, into the crack, >> > and drill a hole through the bridge/soundboard and put in a nut and >> > bolt? I thought, if it's going to be replaced, I might as well learn >> > something. >> > >> > (It was seen by a friend of mine who does extensive rebuilding and >> > proclaimed the PSO to be DOA) >> >>That still may be the case. If the fix exceeds the value, the >>owner and keeper of the checkbook makes the call. >> >> >> > Any suggestions are sincerely appreciated. Thanks, >> > Greg Livingston >> >>Pending, >>Ron N >>_______________________________________________ >>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>_______________________________________________ >>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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