What do I do with Story&Clark/Yamaha 158 grand?

[gordon stelter]

Cosmetically, though, the piano is quite nice and the
pins have been driven to the point that any wandering
CA between them, on top of the plate, would harden to
a lovely web between plate and wire! Usually I keep
twisted up Kleenex (TM) handy to quickly wick up any
wandering CA, but this does not work well when it gets
beneath low-lying strings. I think I might just flip
this one over and do the 3-bottles-of Pin-Tite over a
weeks period from the block underside. I'd rather use
CA, but in this attitude I fear it might run over the
coils and make a ugly mess! I'm also concerned about
permanently gluing the plate into the piano, so I
don't usually CA nice grands. Not much, anyhow.
     Thump

--- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Well, I must admit that I have never worked on a
> block after it had been CAed. BUT, being  that the
> CA just simply solidifies, I can't for the life of
> me imagine that repinning would be affected at all -
> especially if you went up two pin sizes and did a
> little reaming - but again, I have never done that
> (although I would maintain that I would be 99%
> confident that it would not harm anything - and
> hence, the "can't hurt" statement).
> 
> Anyone out there ever repinned a previously CAed
> block?
> 
> Terry Farrell
>   
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 7:46 AM
> Subject: Re: What do I do with Story&Clark/Yamaha
> 158 grand?
> 
> 
> > Terry,
> > 
> > I was thinking of suggesting the same thing you
> did.  CA may fix the
> > problem indefinitely.  Since I don't do major
> repairs, however, I am not
> > qualified to answer the question.  The one
> apprehension I had was this:
> > Suppose the CA didn't work, and the piano had to
> be repinned anyway.
> > Would the CA have ruined the pinblock to the point
> it would now have to
> > be replaced, rather than just repinned?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Clyde
> > 
> > Farrell wrote:
> > 
> > > Perhaps a first, most-low-budget, approach would
> be CA. Can't hurt!
> > 
> > > > Hi folks!
> > > >      This Yamaha built Story&Clark model 158
> grand is
> > > > in a church social hall. The pins have that
> typical
> > > > looseness of Yamahas from the 1960's or 70's,
> which I
> > > > have felt before. The church wants the piano
> fixed,
> > > > but does not have a big budget. The pins have
> been
> > > > driven already.
> > 
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