Garfield's Pin Block Restorer

[Performance Music]

I haven't seen good results at all from Garfiled's  A local tooner here uses 
it religously but admits he doesn't like the results.  I've had to come 
behind him with CA glue and pin driving.  Some of the technicians on the 
list like Garfields, others hate it.  My understanding is that Garfields is 
designed to attract moisture, thereby tightening the pins.  In Arizona where 
we average 5% humidity, there isn't much  moisture to attract.  In other 
areas where moisture is prevalent, I imagine there are technicians who 
receive favorable results.

regards

Ron




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
To: <mags@magsmusic.net>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: Garfield's Pin Block Restorer


> Hi Maggie,
>
> In climates with extremes of humidity (low to high every year) the old
> fashioned pin tighteners seem to destroy the block (i.e. turn it to mush
> and/or delaminate it). They do work for a while, but CA glue wins the
> longevity race, not to mention being cheaper and faster. Garfields has
> become a "distant second" to CA glue treatments.
>
> If you search the archives for garfields you will see a thread from a few
> years ago--just when CA gluing was introduced to the list.
>
> At 05:45 AM 19/01/2005 +1300, you wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>  Does anyone have any experience with Garfield's pin block restorer?  My
>>thinking is that it actually might work, but that some are attracted to
>>other things like pin-tite and/or superglue because they are FAST.
>>Could Garfield's maybe even be better in the long run, but just
>>inconvenient because it is so slow?  IF that is the case, I'd like to
>>try it on a piano that isn't in a hurry.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Maggie Jusiel
>>Piano Tuner
>>Winds & Strings Teacher
>>PO Box 1234
>>Athens, WV  24712-1234
>>(304)952-8615
>><mags@magsmusic.net>
>><http://www.magsmusic.net>
>>
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>
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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