I'm with you Terry, If there is a mess to be made or a disaster waiting to happen, its sure to happen when I'm in the house. Steve > [Original Message] > From: Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> > To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> > Date: 11/1/2006 5:51:43 AM > Subject: Re: opinions on this CA job for loose tuning pins > > Jason - Don't be intimidated by these super-skilled artisans! Whereas I have > no doubt what-so-ever that one can successfully apply CA to the tuning pins > of a vertical piano without tipping, for the total non-artistic-oriented > slobs like me out there - just tilt the sucker back and you gots no worries > mate. I've never even tried to do it on a vertical vertical, but I know for > a FACT that I would be gluing all sorts of action parts together, keys to > keybed, pedal assemblies - besides just making an unsightly mess of the > plate. > > Just another point of view! ;-) > > Terry Farrell > > ----- Original Message ----- > > I use Hot Stuff Red (ultra thin) CA, 2oz bottle and I use the pro tips > > that you can buy for the bottles. It takes a little getting used to how > > the CA runs out the tip - the first few drops come out faster than the > > rest, but once you get the hang of it, it goes pretty smoothly. > > > > Tip the bottle up and place the tip on the junction of the tuning > > pin/bushing or pin/block. As soon as the juice starts to flow, I'm > > watching for saturation. On blocks where I suspect it might not take > > much, I may squeeze the bottle a little, prior to tipping to give me a > > little buffer. If the block isn't taking much CA, I can ease my grip on > > the bottle, and the flow decreases, or, stops. > > > > It doesn't take too much practice to get the feel for how the CA and > > behaves and how it looks when it's wicking into this area. Same goes for > > determining saturation point - it's something that takes a little > > observation, but isn't too hard to get a feel for. Probably the trickiest > > part for me is that every block is a little different in terms of how much > > CA it will initially accept. > > > > In honesty, I can't say I've never had it drip. I can say that it did > > happen for one of two reasons: > > > > 1. first few times I tried it and was learning a good method. > > 2. tried to get the block to take more than it wanted - wasn't paying > > attention. > > > > Hope this is helpful. > > William R. Monroe > > > > > > > >> Couple of times I've tried CA on a non-tipped vertical, it dripped down, > >> got into the string/pressure bar contact point. Big wince, Q-tips and > >> debonder to try to minimize damage. Once it dripped onto a damper. I feel > >> very nervous about trying it again. Can you talk about how you apply it? > >> > >> Jason Kanter > > >
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