A challenge for CA glue.

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Bill
do not use anything but the thinnest CA glue. put paper to protect any glue
from reaching the action  Do several octaves and hit with activator as you
go Treat as if you were using Garfields O:)
Tune and note any that may still be a bit loose with chalk on pin then
reapply CA glue.

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> From: BSimon1234 <BSimon1234@aol.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: A challenge for CA glue.
> Date: Thursday, March 19, 1998 12:57 PM
> 
> THE PIANO: 
> A donated no name baby grand, years ago extremely heavily doped with
> Garfield's ( pools of brown sticky stuff that has hardened), - no pin
> bushings, most pins would need vast improvement to come up to zero pin
torque.
> ( You know, - they jump 5 notes flat when you release the tuning hammer)
> 
> THE SITUATION: 
> Little old ladies club, their big yearly scholarship fundraising event is
in 5
> days with a "singing group" coming in do a program, "PLEASE - PLEASE, do
what
> you can." My work basically pro-bono. (I occasionally do some.)
> 
> THE PLAN:
> A great piano to experiment with! What's to lose?  I intend to try
putting CA
> glue (thin- medium- thick ?) into the pin wells where the bushings should
have
> been, letting it set up and then tuning.  The piano was previously 
tapped
> about as far as it can go. I will remove the action and shield the key
bed,
> etc.  It would be very difficult to turn this piano over to treat the
bottom
> of the pinblock due to its location and my feeble back.
> 
> REQUESTING YOUR HELP:
> I wish I knew this was coming up, for I would try water thin epoxy, but
no
> time to get that now. I would like to know how thick the CA should be,
how
> many grams or ounces might be needed, waiting times,  - ANYTHING that
would
> help.  Also, IS THIS LIKELY TO WORK? - I will report to the list, because
if
> CA works in this piano it should work anywhere. Is the CA likely to work
as
> well as an epoxy treatment? For this much CA glue the fumes will be
awesome.
> Anything to do there besides ventilation? Should I drop a drop of water
into
> the holes after the CA glue? - What about accelerators?
> 
> Please feel free to e-mail me directly, but I will be anxiously watching
the
> list. If it doesn't work right away I would still have  time to burn down
the
> building and save the ladies from grievous embarrassment.
> 
> Thanks,
> Bill Simon
> Phoenix