CA Glue for pin blocks

[Jonathan Best]

Thank you to everyone for sharing your experience.  My concern is not  
so much whether it will work but rather whether will it destroy a  
good pin block.  I've seen too many pin blocks ruined by Pin Tite.  I  
guess my question is, if it doesn't work can I still go ahead and re- 
pin?

Jonathan Best
jb at bubblemusic.com
928-830-4887
www.bubblemusic.com

On Jun 3, 2008, at 7:23 AM, Matthew Todd wrote:

> What consistency of CA do we find works the best?
>
> Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com> wrote:
> I've never used CA glue on tuning pinns and wouldn't recoomend  
> doing so.. I know a technician who has with disasterous results.
>
> Hi Alicia
>
> You should expand your sample. I bet for every tech you could come  
> up with that had disastrous results there are several dozen with  
> excellent results. My personal results with CA have been excellent.
>
> On the other hand, my personal results with Pin Tite have been  
> hugely disappointing. I found it to only work in 50% of the cases  
> and in many of those cases only for 2-4 years. You also find the  
> old grands with severely stained pin fields showing many  
> applications of dope over the years. Those pianos typically have  
> very spongy pins and will respond very poorly to pin tite  
> treatment. They will, however, respond with excellent results to CA  
> treatment.
>
> I suggest you try it! You’ll like it! J
>
> 2 oz apply with hypo oiler.
> Dean
> Dean May             cell 812.239.3359
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>
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]  
> On Behalf Of A E
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 10:12 PM
> To: Pianotech List
> Subject: RE: CA Glue for pin blocks
>
> Johnathan,
>
> Not you're not repeating yourself...
> I've never used CA glue on tuning pinns and wouldn't recoomend  
> doing so.. I know a technician who has with disasterous results. I  
> use "Pin Tite" myself to chemically treat pinblocks, and I must say  
> it does wonders. It's about $25-30 a bottle of 8oz and lasts for a  
> few pianos. I have crossed a Wurlitzer recently the owner told me  
> that a technician used CA on it a bit while ago, after trying to  
> set the temperament I fully refused to tune the piano, pins were  
> jumping and every blow i gave a key, pin slipped...
>
>
> Alicia
>
>
>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> From: jb at bubblemusic.com
> Subject: CA Glue for pin blocks
> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 17:04:16 -0700
>
> I'm new to this list and I'm not sure if I sent this before I was  
> actually signed up.  So I hope I'm not repeating myself.  Has  
> anybody had any experience using CA glue on pin blocks and  
> subsequently restringing?  How do the pins feel after a treatment?   
> Do they jump? How long does it last? And if they do start losing  
> their hold after a few years, or if the job turns out to be one of  
> the 10% that doesn't work, can one still go back to simply  
> restringing?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jonathan Best
> Prescott, AZ
> Jonathan Best
> jb at bubblemusic.com
> 928-830-4887
> www.bubblemusic.com
>
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