Pull the action, put aluminum foil on the keybed and use the thinnest type of ca glue around these pins ( and the rest if you want to really up the tightness). Wear a carbon filter mask so you don't get a headache, goggles and gloves. Is this an "openface" block? Thump --- CAROLYN BOHN <cbohn1@mindspring.com> wrote: > > > I have an elderly client with an even more elderly > grand > piano (about 100 years old). The piano is in good > condition except that > the tuning pins in the tenor section are fairly > loose, and two pins will not > hold the tuning. When I checked the pinblock, there > were, in fact, short > cracks coming off the holes for those 2 pins. I > don't want to start piling > up big charges for this client, but would like to > make the piano playable for > her. I'm wondering if there is a way to epoxy the > cracks with the pinblock > in place, or some other fix someone knows about. > I've also read some > discussion of tightening pins with CA glue and would > appreciate advice on how > and when to do that, and what thickness of CA glue > to use. > > > > > --- CAROLYN BOHN > > --- cbohn1@mindspring.com > > --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus – Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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