Steinway A 280251 Bridge work

This post will review re-capping the bridges. In summery, the bridge pins are removed, patterns are made, and then the caps of the bridges are removed with the band saw. The original bridge bodies are then reused by filling the old holes with wooden pegs, and gluing a new cap of quarter sawn hard rock maple. At a later time the caps will be planed to the correct thickness (setting the bearing) and the patterns will be used to locate the new bridge pins.

Pins have been removed, and pattern has been made and indexed.

Caps removed, and old pin holes filled.

After bridge body has been planed, new cap is prepared, and then glued to original bridge body.