west system in blocks

[jason kanter]

Can you be more descriptive about how you actually applied the thin glue
without it just running out the bottom?

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From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
Behalf Of A440A@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 3:21 PM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: west system in blocks


Greetings,
<< >I tuned a piano that had the tuning pin holes swabbed with epoxy. The
pins
>are very tight but they jump/snap like crazy making tuning a bit of a
>head-ache. Seems like a last ditch repair. >>

I went ahead and treated the bass holes with CA glue.  I had dosed a number
of pins in the upper section after finding that they were not tight enough
to
suit me.  The thin CA did help, giving an additional 20 or so in/lbs.
However,
 in the bass, I put a newspaper under the block and dosed the holes with the
CA before I strung.  I was using a nozzle to get below the top of the block,
(I didn't want to really glue the plate to block!), and I used a liberal
amount.
     After 20 minutes or so, (it is humid around here, these days), I could
no longer smell CA around the block, so I began.  I used 4/0 pins and it was
dramatic how much tighter the pins were!  Most of these pins are around 125
in/lbs.  So, it seems that there is much better results from treating the
hole
before the pin went in.
    I take notes on my work, so I will be able to track the long term
results
of various means of application on this piano.  I would certainly have
preferred to put in a new block, but that simply wasn't in the budget.
Regards,

Ed Foote RPT
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html

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