CA Glue -- New Idea (Maybe)

[gordon stelter]

That is a good idea, Alan. (  But I thought of it 256
days ago, so it's not new. )
     It is still better, though, to flip the piano
over ( if a grand, duh ). Then I'd do that drilling
thing if the pins were still loose.
     Thump
     
--- Bill Ballard <yardbird@vermontel.net> wrote:
> At 6:55 PM -0500 8/31/03, Alan wrote:
> >It has occurred to me to put a very small drill bit
> in the ol' Dremmel
> >tool and drill down through the TP collar. This
> would give a clear path
> >for the CA to the actual place where the pin meets
> the block. I'm
> >thinking deeper, faster penetration, less mess
> (maybe), and more holding
> >power.
> >
> >SEEMS like it would work but I haven't tried it.
> Has anyone?
> 
> Yup, on a grey market Kawai 7'. It was the first of
> the five pianos 
> I've CA'd so far, to have TP bushings (or at least
> not pulled forward 
> by string tension, to have a gap at the base of the
> tuning pin). I 
> wasn't about to waste expensive CA on the bushings,
> so I drilled a 
> ~.050" hole on the front side of the bushing (facing
> the pianist). 
> ~240 holes tool 40 minutes.
> 
> Bill Ballard RPT
> NH Chapter, P.T.G.
> 
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