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[Robert S. Bussell]

At 12:42 PM 9/10/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Leslie:
>
>By the strangest coincidence, I treated a piano on Monday which had
>previously been treated with tuning pin tightener. After the treatment,
>I tested the worst suspect pins. They were considerably tighter. I 
>didn't have time to tune that day, but came back on Tuesday and 
>tuned it. All pins felt tight like about 70 inch pounds torque. The
>piano tuned up very well. It took about half of a bottle of the original
>Dryburgh CA glue.
>
>Jim Coleman, Sr
>
>PS For those who cringe at possibly ruining the block, remember, the
>block was already ruined, and this piano was not worth the effort and
>expense of a new block. Now, concerning the knabe upright which is
>being considered for a new pinblock, This would be an ideal project 
>for pinblock segment inserts, because the plate will hold everything
>captive. This procedure involves routing out sections of the old pin
>block where the tuning pins holes are and inserting section panels
>bedded on epoxy. JWC.


It is great to see how our views change over time.  My first post to this
list, over a year and a half ago, was to suggest CA glue for temporary and
economical fixes to pinblocks.  As I recall I nearly nearly got laughed off
the list ( or at least snickered at)   

BTW a side thread was started back then concerning winter freezing of
chemicals in the car.  The only chemical that I carry in to my house is my
titebond. The rest I left out in the car (all year) including my CA glue.
Yes, it went went through several freeze thaws and fared fine.  I finally
had to throw out a two year old bottle of thin viscosity hot stuff.  It
just got two thick and old.

MY chemicals include:
acetone & keytop
Ca glues
titebond
methanol/water/ivory soap flakes
proteks  
Robert S. Bussell
Registered Piano Technician, PTG
Indianapolis, Indiana,
rbussell@iquest.net