C/A glue question

Don pianotuna at accesscomm.ca
Fri Oct 26 10:27:45 MDT 2007


Hi Jim,

Yes, several techs have applied from the bottom. It certainly beats
drilling a pin hole in each of the bushings. I'm in the "use lots" camp.
Others are not so liberal with it. I can't advise on how much "from below"
as I have needed to do it.

At 07:50 AM 10/26/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>I recently tried to treat a grand pinblock with C/A glue and very little of 
>the glue penetrated past the plate bushings.  Needless to say, I didn't get 
>the usually expected result.  Has anyone tried turning a grand upside down 
>and treating the pin block from the bottom?  The pin holes come out the 
>bottom so there would be a well into which the C/A glue could be applied. 
>I'm not sure I want to be the first to try it, but If I don't get a 
>response, I probably will be.  The customer (a piano teacher of course) 
>can't afford a new pinblock and is just a few years from retirement anyway.
>
>Thanks,
>James H. Johnson, RPT
>
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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