On Mon, 18 Aug 1997 18:17:45 -0500, Ted Simmons wrote: > Earlier this year I tuned a grand piano that had loose tuning pins >only in the single bass strings. Since there were only a dozen or so I >pulled the beckets, removed the tuning pins, swabbed the holes with 5 >minute epoxy, then coated the tuning pins with the same epoxy before >driving them in and reconnecting the strings. This worked fine. The >tuning pins were good and tight after that treatment. Today I tuned >another grand with the same problem and recalled a post about using super >glue without removing the tuning pins. I searched the pianotech listserver >and couldn't find anything that fit that description. I am reluctant to >change methods because the 5 minute epoxy works so well. However, if there >is a method that I can use that would be easier and just as successful, >then I am interested. Can anyone enlighten me? > >Ted Simmons, Merritt Island, FL > > Ted, I've used the super glue in the method that you've described and am nothing short of amazed at the results. I recently tuned a piano where nothing held and they just bought it for far too much money. What was I to do but take a stab at it? I put the super glue around each pin twice and it in about 10 minutes it felt like a new piano. Definitely not mushy like the usual pin tightener application and ready much faster! So far I'm sold on the results. Just find a hobby shop to sell it in a large enough bottle. Greg Newell Greg and Mary Ellen Newell Greg's Piano Forte` Lakewood, Ohio 44107 gnewell@en.com
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