Brian, Pinblock is drilled through. I *think* (read "hope") that the bushings would absorb any CA that makes its way to the top. When applying from the top, the bushings soaked quite a bit of CA. Yes, I would use a moving blanket on the carpet. :-) This is somewhat daunting, but also exciting to do something out of the ordinary. Best regards, John Formsma Blue Mountain, MS -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Brian Trout Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 7:57 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: doping pinblock/piano upside down Hi John, >From a mechanical perspective, doing the CA treatment with the piano upside down would seem like a good plan so long as the pinblock was drilled all the way through. But when I read your post, two things flashed before my eyes. First, although the CA is supposed to soak into the wood and fill up the little cracks and crevices, if it has the opportunity to run all the way through, it likely will, creating a mess on the other side. I have this picture in my head of glue having run all over the plate web, tuning pin coils, and perhaps farther... which brings me to the second picture, which is the piano CAed nicely to the customers living room rug in an upside down position, never to be moved again... without the rug anyway. Sorry to be the pessimist, but if you're going to do it upside down, please be careful! :-) It's easy to hide a small mess where the CA dripped into the action cavity. It may not be so easy to hide up top, which is the bottom when it's upside down... gravity and all that... Good luck with your project. Brian Trout Quarryville, PA btrout@desupernet.net
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