[pianotech] Totally glueless

[Ed Foote]

Susan writes:
>>As the saying goes, one can never be too thin, too rich, or have 
toomany clamps.

I suppose if the screws are good enough, the piano could survive 
mostsituations without glue on
the bass bridge. <<

    I wondered about that.  There are only two screws, though, and 
they,being in the middle of the bridges foot, had some serious leverage 
against them.  The bigger question I thought of was of transmission of 
sound through this joint. Since it was as floppy loose as it was, the 
bridge was considerably lower than it is now,  this might make a pretty 
fair difference. I think it probable that the bearing will be 
considerably increased, which may be good, since I have a set of 
strings with the french loops, and I didn't consider the loss of angle 
that the hitch's barrel will cause, even with the stringing felt 
removed.  Seemed like a good idea at the time....
Regards,

 Ed Foote RPT
http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html

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