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

[Farrell]

Your points on appearance may well be a factor in your case - obviously your judgement.  Just so you know though, from a technical perspective, with reference to getting CA all over coils - no problem, they just break free. Ah, um, er, ah, a friend of mine did that, yes, that's right, a friend of mine, and I watched him, that's how I know.   ;-)

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: What do I do with Story&Clark/Yamaha 158 grand?


> 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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