Hi Gordon, About 5 drips, leave for about an hour then, set the piano up and try it. If needed, repeat the process. Roger At 08:47 AM 2/22/2003 -0800, you wrote: >Thanks! Final question: I have never CA'd a block from >underneath for fear of putting a hard cap on the >tuning pin bottoms, inhibiting turning and perhaps >causing the block to separate if the puns push on said >cap. But everyone seems to think that this is not a >problem, so I'll try it. And I'm not worried about the >CA running out onto the coils, as these pins have very >tight pin bushings, as you mentioned. > But how much CA do I use each pin? A drop? 10? >Fill 'em up? > Inquiring Minds want to Know! > Thump > >--- Roger Jolly <roger.j@sasktel.net> wrote: > > Hi Gordon, > > CA does not work too well on > > Yamaha or Kawai's. The > > plate bushings, are in fact plate plugs. Grain > > running horizontal, not > > vertical like North American pianos. Very little > > glue gets to where it > > needs to be. > > To be effective, the piano needs to be flipped > > upside down, and the CA run > > in from the bottom of the tuning pin hole. This > > will yield very good > > results in most cases. > > The nice thing about doing it from the bottom, is > > the repair is invisible. > > The best solution, is to repin, this age and quality > > of piano deserves it. > > Regards Roger > > > > > > At 07:01 AM 2/22/2003 -0800, you wrote: > > >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. 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