Garfield's Pin Block Restorer

[gordon stelter]

Yeah, Garfield's attracts moisture. And ( seemingly )
wood-rot along with it! It is glycerine based.
Glycerine attracts moisture, but is also itself 
( very likely )food for microbes.
     Thump


--- Performance Music <performancemusic@cableone.net>
wrote:

> 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
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> >><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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> >
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