super glue battle

[JPIESIK]

Hi Bob,

Actually, you miss-quoted me. Paul wrote what you quote below - I didn't write 
that.

I do tend to agree with Paul, however, that pinblock treatments are merely 
bandaids to a larger problem. In a previous post I said that I would prefer that
people have "music" over "no music" (in other words, in some rare instances, 
drastic measures may be warranted to save an otherwise sad piano). But, more 
often than not, we should be encouraging new piano sales by condemning untunable
PSOs when appropriate. We shouldn't be afraid to offer our professional opinions
and nudge people to replace with new, good-quality pianos when it is obvious 
that it's time. Also, I would never condone spending high dollars on "worthless 
pieces of junk" (your words). I'd rather see that PSO replaced, and then, maybe,
I wouldn't have to see it again. It's all a matter of what level of excellence 
you're willing to strive for - I avoid working on $200 pianos no matter how much
I'm being paid.

And Bob, I don't think any of us are claiming to be the expert on this subject, 
either. As I learned long ago when I got into this wonderful business, and 
understand much better today: There are many ways to skin a cat! It's obvious we
have differing opinions, but hey, without different opinions this List would be 
no fun.

Having Fun in the Sun,

John Piesik, RPT
Oceanside, CA




In a message dated 3/29/99 1:56:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, JPIESIK@arinc.com 
writes:
     
<<
      "I knew there was a good reason I refused to listen to any of you guys 
      using CA glue on pin blocks.  And oil?  The only place for oil is a 
      salad.  Only solution is a new pin block and restringing."
     
     
Paul and John:       >>
Hmmm.  So Paul is the expert now and all the persons saving some really awful 
pianos with CA instead of replacing the pinblock are wrong.  Strange reasoning 
and logic here.  I presume this implies that you would spend your customers 
dollars on almost worthless pieces of junk  that could only be saved by 
installing new pinblocks or some other expensive repairs.  A piano worth 
$200.00 and then "improved" to hold a tuning with $800-$1200 worth of 
rebuilding will still probably be worth $200.  That same piano, with$10.00 of 
CA plus cost of application will probably now hold a tuning-and the customer 
will still have his/her $200. piano but will not have thrown  lots of cash at 
an expensive repair.  I would guess that the number of Technicians using this 
effective, but not expensive repair, numbers in the hundreds. And we are 
growing daily.
     
Bob Bergantino, RPT