Loose Tuning Pins-Drink Spilled

[gordon stelter]

Thanks, Roger!
    Yes, I did flip this piano over, filled the holes
right up. Worked great! Tunes "like new".  And, thanks
to those "plugs", nothing  came out onto the pins!
     Thanks!
     Gordon

--- Roger Jolly <roger.j@sasktel.net> wrote:
> Hi Gordon,
>                   I am late contributing to this
> thread.   If the piano is 
> a Yamaha or Kawai, I very much doubt that CA glue
> will work from the 
> top.   What looks like Plate bushings are in fact
> plate plugs.    ( the 
> grain of the plug runs at right angles to the pins) 
> I have replaced two 
> pin blocks on Japanese pianos that previous techs
> have applied copious 
> amounts of CA from the top, none of it ever wicked
> any where close to the 
> block.
> Flipping the piano, and applying the CA from the
> bottom of the block is the 
> way to go.
> Make sure you have some 2 X 4's  and moving blankets
> to roll the piano 
> over, and on to.  Lifting the piano back up on to
> it's side is hard work if 
> you don't. I also remove the hinges to prevent any
> damage.
> 4 or 5 drops to each pin hole should be enough.
> Regards Roger
> 
> 
> At 09:06 AM 4/24/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >Good Morning Gordon and other contributors.  I'll
> tune the piano
> >Saturday AM and hope to be able to get back to the
> respondants on my
> >inquiry shortly by mid week.  Do appreciate all
> your suggestions.
> >Regards, Gordon
> >
> >On 23 Apr 2003 at 14:07, gordon stelter wrote:
> >
> > > If you want to do a more cosmetically nice job,
> flip
> > > the piano over and apply the CA to the pins from
> > > underneath. Then put it on top if that isn't
> enough.
> > > Yesterday I did a Yamaha/Story and Clark for a
> church
> > > like this. Today it tunes like a brand-new
> block!
> > > Glorious.
> > >      ( But I would pre-tune the piano prior to
> ca-ing,
> > > as it will put little caps over the pin bottoms,
> > > inhibiting further downward travel.
> > >      But I filled these ones right up, and it
> had a
> > > VERY nice feel on all the pins after drying (24
> hours)
> > > after first "letting down" the tension a bit, to
> break
> > > the initial bond.
> > >      Cheers!
> > >      Thump
> > >
> > > --- Joe And Penny Goss <imatunr@srvinet.com>
> wrote:
> > > > Hi Gordon,
> > > > My vote is for thinest CA. On the strings you
> need
> > > > to replace, remove the pin and swab with thick
> CA
> > > > and restring.
> > > > Joe Goss
> > > > imatunr@srvinet.com
> > > > www.mothergoosetools.com
> > > >   ----- Original Message -----
> > > >   From: RptBob1@aol.com
> > > >   To: pianotech@ptg.org
> > > >   Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 2:23 PM
> > > >   Subject: Re: Loose Tuning Pins-Drink Spilled
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >   In a message dated 4/23/2003 4:16:11 PM
> Eastern
> > > > Daylight Time, gholley@hi-techhousing.com
> writes:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >     couldn't see or hear last night.
> > > >       Could I please hear the YEA'S AND THE
> NAY'S on
> > > > an initial step to
> > > >     take.  Please refer to Gordon Stelter as
> "Thump"
> > > > as we have been
> > > >     mistakingly switched around in past
> discussions.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >       My Regards,
> > > >
> > > >       Gordon Holley
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >   Hi Gordon:
> > > >   Do the step with covering the area under the
> pins
> > > > after removing the action.  Use thin CA; use a
> fan
> > > > blowing across your work and I don't think you
> would
> > > > need a carbon mask.  I never have and I've
> done
> > > > quite of few of these "pinblock
> resurrections". Try
> > > > to have doors and windows open in the area you
> are
> > > > working and warn the customer about the odor. 
> You
> > > > may have to schedule this at a time when there
> are
> > > > not many people around.
> > > >
> > > >   It works well!
> > > >
> > > >   Bob Bergantino, RPT
> > > >   Willoughby Hills, Ohio
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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