CA Glue & Cracked Pin Block

[Joe & Penny Goss]

David,
It sounds like you have nothing to lose. Try the thinnest glue first. If it
seems to wick endlessly into the pinblock use an eyedropper or pointed
pencil to drop the activating fluid into the pin area that you are filling.
Then use the medium to fill the gap. Try to keep the tip of the applicator
from touching anything as it will clog up. When the area will no longer
take glue use the kicker again and wait a minute for it to set. Then break
the pin loose either with your tuning hammer or tap the pin ever so
slightly in to break it loose. Reapply the thin glue if the torque is still
low.
Joe Goss

> From: David Pritchard <musicbydavid@yahoo.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: CA Glue & Cracked Pin Block
> Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 1:01 PM
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I am a newer technician and just found out about this
> list.
> 
> I suspect a cracked pin block on a piano I'll be
> repairing on Friday.  (About five pins in a line which
> are extremely loose)  I was told by another technician
> to use CA glue for the repair.  I ordered the CA Glue
> kit, but the examples of uses doesn't specifically
> refer to repairing a cracked pin block.
> 
> I would appreciate a walk through of the repair
> process (including which glue and tip to use) by
> someone who has performed this repair in the past. 
> The piano is an old Winter & Company Musette
> (Spinett).
> 
> Thanks
> 
> David Pritchard
> Lyman, NE
> ===
> 
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