CA and Bridge Pins

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Hi Susan,
To treat a few pins without tilting the upright, you might try using CA and
placing the glue just above the pin so that it will run down to the pin.
Instead of a paper towel use a cloth that does not have a lot of lint to
pull off.
Or cover the string area of the pin cap and spray the string waste with
activator so that the runoff will not go all over.
Joe Goss
From: Susan Kline <sckline@home.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: CA and Bridge Pins


> Question about CA on old beater upright bridges:
>
> Has anyone tried slacking and pulling off the wire, and adding CA,
> but not tilting the upright?
>
> Suppose, for an individual miserably beating note, one pulled the
> wire off the bridge, applied just a drop or two at a time to the
> area probably riddled with tiny cracks, so that it wicked in?
>
> I could see holding a shop towel under the bridge, just in case,
> and then adding a little drop of glue, watching it wick in, adding a
> little more, till the area seemed reasonably saturated. Wiping off
> the area after a few seconds, maybe breathing on it or rubbing it with
> a little white glue to set it up, and then replacing the string.
>
> The goal would be to fix some of the worst offenders in
> just a few minutes, without the exertion and time of tilting.
>
> I have the perfect candidate, an old Starr upright with some of
> the most miserable false beats I have ever heard, and practically
> no tuning stability at all. Any caveats, folks?
>
> Susan
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