I think I only did two complete pianos. A Baldwin M which had some kind of "stuff" used on it years before. I turned it upside down and did it from the bottom to almost no effect, though I have managed to tune it for the last couple of years.... The other was a Samick upright, which I ended up repinning. The stuff certainly was not good on the delignit. I've "spot-shot" a few pins here and there on an old upright where two or three pins just wouldn't hold. Actually, the humidity in Houston is not "that bad". Yeah, it's not Arizona, but we do get some really dry weather. Now, I have pulled a few pins, swabbed the holes, and redriven the pins- and that has worked like a charm. I like that better than using epoxy. les -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Susan Kline Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 7:58 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: RE: [CAUT] Anyone using UFO CA glue? At 07:45 PM 10/4/2005 -0500, you wrote: >I thought the CA and pinblock thingie lost favor because it seemed to >tighten up very loose pins a little, but then actually seemed to loosen the >tightest pins. I've not had satisfactory results with it. Hi, Les Now, that's very interesting. Can you describe how you did it? How much, timing, condition before you started, maybe piano brands, whether the pinblock had had glycerin tightener before? Had the pins been tapped down already? Were there plate bushings? I wonder if the humidity in Houston may have affected how far in it got before it set up? Ted Sambell didn't like the stuff, either, but I think it was because the air at Banff was so dry it wouldn't set. Susan _______________________________________________ caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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