A couple drops of thin CA (or epoxy) on the thinned dowel should prevent any such cracking. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of pcpoulson at sbcglobal.net Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:41 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] regulation tool : too wide I sympathize with the frustration about the lack of space between letoff dowels. However, I am wondering if reducing the diameter of the dowel would lead to cracking after a number of years of use. This is an occasional problem on uprights, and it seems that thinning the dowel would only make the problem more likely. Patrick C. Poulson Registered Piano Technician Piano Technicians Guild -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090301/849dccfe/attachment.html>
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