blown out bridge pin

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi William,
If my memory serves me correctly, there is little room to work there even
with the action out. On the one that I did, the keybed needed to be removed
to realy get at things and do a neat job.
Used Epoxy, adding as much wood as possible and yet keep the edge of the
bridge from buzzing against the plate brace. Used a fingernail file to file
excess off. Sort of like dental flossing.
That was over 20 years ago and the piano is still in service at my old band
room.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William R. Monroe" <pianotech at a440piano.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 8:56 PM
Subject: blown out bridge pin


> Hello Listers,
>
> Best remedies for the following?
>
> Acrosonic, bridge pin that terminates the speaking length of f#5 blown
out.
> By this, I mean that f#5 is the last note in the tenor prior to the break.
> The bridge is notched here for the plate strut, and (obviously) either the
> notch is too close, or the bridge material was suspect (no cap), or both.
> At any rate, the side-bearing of the string cause the pin to explode out
the
> side of the bridge.
>
> Any Ideas?
>
> The plate strut extends down into the bridge enough that it would be
> possible to use a wedge to clamp sideways, if that were useful.  I'm not
> sure.  I guess my first thought is to use a chisel, notch out the end of
the
> bridge, epoxy in a replacement cap, drill and notch.  I'd appreciate any
> input.
>
> Thanks,
> William R. Monroe
>
>