---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Ed, This works extemely well and there is no sign of it being done. The hole at the bottom of the pin acts as a cup, and gets the CA to where it needs to be. Going from the top, a fair amount of the material ends up between the block and the plate. Roger At 12:40 PM 3/17/02 -0600, you wrote: > > How about turning the piano upside down and applying CA glue to the pin > holes? > Ed S. > > ---------- > From: Steve Kabat <s.kabat@csuohio.edu> > To: caut@ptg.org > Subject: pin pounding > Date: Fri, Mar 15, 2002, 12:56 PM > >> >> Dear list; >> If any of you have any input/observations/etc with the following I'd >> appreciate it- you can respond to the list or to me at s.kabat@csuohio.edu >> <mailto:s.kabat@csuohio.edu> . Thanks much. >> I've been asked to do some work on a 1913 Steinway L- the pin torque is >> marginal and since this is a consignment -type situation the institution >> offering the piano doesnt have money for what I think should be at least >> oversize pins/restringing or block replacement. What I'm suggesting is to >> pound the pins and do necessary action work with the understanding that the >> work involved is a stopgap measure- more extensive block/restringing type >> work, perhaps total rebuilding, might be a recommendation a few years down >> the road. We all like to cover our butts, don't we? >> I'd appreciate any comments as to the viability of this option or whether I >> should tell them to leave the instrument as is and let the buyer beware, or >> recommend real restringing. Thanks much, all. >> Steve Kabat > > > > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/cf/70/84/fb/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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