---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Mr. Oorebeek, I'm curious. I dealt with just such a problem in an old upright and I was= =20 advised that larger tuning pins might exacerbate the problem by increasing= =20 the leverage the string has on the pin. In this case CA glue was=20 acceptable for an old upright that the customer could just afford. I am=20 curious if anyone has comments regarding stability problems after using=20 larger diameter pins. Curious in New Mexico, Andrew BTW, if you use CA glue, use a respirator (canister type ) not a dust mask= =20 and ventilate the area well (just because it doesn't have a disagreeable=20 odor doesn't mean it isn't nasty). Also it is nasty to use, apply with a=20 syringe (farm supply for livestalk use works) and keep plenty of paper=20 towels by for cleanup. Prevent runs with tape and paper. At 09:17 PM 1/26/2004 +0100, you wrote: >On 26-jan-04, at 20:47, Michael Gamble wrote: > >>Hello Liszt and Joe & Penny >>This thread about tightening wrest pins using CA glue is a very=20 >>interesting one. The problem is I have absolutely no idea what CA glue=20 >>is. Maybe in UK we have an equivalent. So... Could someone please=20 >>describe this glue... What colour is it? ... what consistency? ... what=20 >>smell does it have?... Is it water-based and therefore thinned with water= =20 >>before use?... how large are the containers it comes in? .... is it a=20 >>resin glue? ... is it something like PVA woodworking glue? (which stuff=20 >>can be thinned down with water in a bucket to "size" concrete before=20 >>laying wood-block flooring..:-) Is it another name for that terrible glue= =20 >>called "Cyano-Acrylate" as used in the plastics industry and can glue=20 >>your fingers to your nose (or other parts of the anatomy). With the same= =20 >>initials this is my guess. It is this very "thin" glue which comes in=20 >>quite small white plastic bottles with a dispensing nozzle and has a=20 >>limited "shelf-life". >>Question: If you had an old (1895) S&S model "B" 85 note grand with=20 >>replaced tapered legs and loose Bass tuning pins... would you be tempted= =20 >>to go the CA route? >>I have just such a problem at the moment but I rather think I prefer the= =20 >>replacement strings and pins option on an S&S of that age. >>Regards from the black cold Sussex Downlands >>Michael G (UK) > >I have said this before, but, reading your words, I again wonder about the= =20 >following : >Why do we consider using a CA glue treatment, when tuning pin problems=20 >actually must be solved with an over size tuning pin and new strings? >Is the use of new tuning pins and new strings such a problem? >Isn 't it better to tell your customer to pay for a complete re-stringing? >If the customer refuses to pay for pins and strings, isn 't it then better= =20 >to politely, and in a friendly manner, tell your customer that a=20 >re-stringing is the final answer? >In my experience, new pins and strings are far more preferable, and=20 >durable, and in my +30 years I may have lost a customer here and there=20 >because of my professional principles, but I am 55 years old, still making= =20 >money, and I will probably do so until I fall down. >So why not go for the very best technical answer? > >friendly greetings >from >Andr=E9 Oorebeek > >Amsterdam - >The Netherlands > >0031-20-6237357 >0645-492389 >0031-75-6226878 >www.concertpianoservice.nl >www.grandpiano.nl > > > > ></blockquote></x-html> ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/9f/bc/f6/49/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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